1874 in architecture
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The year 1874 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- The Opéra Garnier, designed by Charles GarnierCharles Garnier (architect)Charles Garnier was a French architect, perhaps best known as the architect of the Palais Garnier and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.-Early life:...
is completed. - California State CapitolCalifornia State CapitolThe California State Capitol is home to the government of California. The building houses the bicameral state legislature and the office of the governor....
in Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
is completed. - WahnfriedWahnfriedWahnfried may refer to:*Wahnfried, Richard Wagner's villa in Bayreuth*Richard Wahnfried , the long-time alias for German composer and musician Klaus Schulze...
, Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
's villa in Bayreuth is completed.
Awards
- Royal Gold MedalRoyal Gold MedalThe Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture....
- George Edmund StreetGeorge Edmund StreetGeorge Edmund Street was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex.- Life :Street was the third son of Thomas Street, solicitor, by his second wife, Mary Anne Millington. George went to school at Mitcham in about 1830, and later to the Camberwell collegiate school, which he left in 1839...
. - Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
- April 24 - John Russell PopeJohn Russell PopeJohn Russell Pope was an architect most known for his designs of the National Archives and Records Administration building , the Jefferson Memorial and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.-Biography:Pope was born in New York in 1874, the son of a successful...
(died 19371937 in architectureThe year 1937 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Chelsea Bridge in Pimlico, London, designed by G. Topham Forrest, former head of London County Council's Architect's Department, is completed....
) - William Alexander HarveyWilliam Alexander HarveyWilliam Alexander Harvey was an English architect. He is most notable for his design of Bournville, the model 'garden suburb' built by Cadburys to house their chocolate-making workforce to the south of Birmingham....
(died 19511951 in architectureThe year 1951 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* February 28 - Bronx River Houses completed in the Soundview section of The Bronx in New York City.* May 3 - Festival of Britain opened in London:...
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Deaths
- January 13 - Victor BaltardVictor BaltardVictor Baltard , French architect, who was born in Paris, son of architect Louis Baltard.Until 1833, Baltard studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he garnered the Prix de Rome for designing a military school in 1833...
(born 18051805 in architectureThe year 1805 in architecture involved some significant events....
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