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Overview of the events of 1888 in architecture
The year 1888 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Victoria Terminus , Bombay
Castle of the Three Dragons , Barcelona
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.[1]
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.[2]
August 17 – Castle of the Three Dragons for 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition , Spain, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner .[3]
August 18 – Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof , designed by Hermann Eggert and Johann Wilhelm Schwedler .
September 20 – Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (Armenian Apostolic Church ), designed by Simon Ter-Hakobian(ts).
October 2 – Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv , Ukraine, designed by Mikhail Lovtsov.
October 4 – Princes Bridge , Melbourne , Australia, designed by John Harry Grainger .
October 14 – Burgtheater , Ringstraße , Vienna , designed by Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hasenauer .
October 20 – Zappeion , Athens, designed by Theophil Hansen .
Autumn – Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia, USA (as the "Georgia School of Technology"), with Tech Tower used for classrooms.[4]
Buildings completed
Texas State Capitol , Austin, Texas , USA
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 .
High Royds Hospital (West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum) near Leeds , England, designed by J. Vickers Edwards.
Several buildings for the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry held in Glasgow, key architect being James Sellars .
Elizabeth Plankinton House , Milwaukee, Wisconsin , USA, designed by E. Townsend Mix .
Casino Notabile , Mdina , Malta , designed by Webster Paulson .
Awards
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