1888 in architecture

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The year 1888 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• Roof and dome of Seville Cathedral collapse in an earthquake.
• Friedrich von Schmidt is ennobled.

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Castle of the Three Dragons, Barcelona

Buildings opened

• January 5 - The Neues deutsches Theater, Prague, designed by Fellner & Helmer with Baron Karl von Hasenauer and Alfons Wertmüller.
• April 11 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, designed by Adolf Leonard van Gendt.
• May - Victoria Terminus station building, designed by Frederick William Stevens for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, in Bombay's Bori Bunder district (modern-day: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai).
• August 12 - Plaza de Toros de El Bibio, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
• August 17 - Castle of the Three Dragons for 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, Spain, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
• August 18 - Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, designed by Hermann Eggert and Johann Wilhelm Schwedler.
• October 14 - Burgtheater, Ringstraße, Vienna, designed by Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hasenauer.
• Autumn - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (as the "Georgia School of Technology"), with Tech Tower used for classrooms.

Buildings completed

Victoria Terminus, Bombay

• St. Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia.
• Cathedral of Melo, Uruguay.
• Conquest Plantation, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA, built in Victorian style.
• Illinois State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
• Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida, USA, designed by John Carrere and Thomas Hastings.
• Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, USA, designed by Elijah E. Myers.
• Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed by H.H. Richardson.
• Several buildings for the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry held in Glasgow, key architect being James Sellars.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Theophil Freiherr von Hansen.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Tournaire.

Births

• January 20 – Léon Azéma, French architect (died 1978)
• June 24 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch furniture designer and architect (died 1964)
• March 19 - Gordon Kaufmann, English-born US architect (died 1949)

Deaths

• August 5 - Edmund Wright, Australian architect, engineer and businessman (born 1824)
• November 25 - Christian Jank, scenic painter and stage designer, commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria to create concepts for architectural projects (born 1833)