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The year 1871 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

  • Abraham Hirsch is appointed chief architect of the French city of Lyon.
  • Martin & Chamberlain are appointed architects for the Birmingham board schools in England.
  • (end of year) – At the Vienna Hofburg, groundbreaking is held for the new Imperial Natural History Museum (), beginning a 20-year construction project.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

thumb|right|225px|[[Royal Albert Hall]]

  • March 29 – The Royal Albert Hall in London, designed by Francis Fowke and H. Y. Darracott Scott.
  • September 14 – Hokkaidō Shrine, Sapporo, Japan.
  • September 27 – Rochdale Town Hall, England, designed by William Henry Crossland.
  • October 15 – Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester, England, designed by Joseph A. Hansom & Son.

Buildings completed

  • Alexandria City Hall, Virginia, USA, designed by Adolph Cluss
  • Christ Church, Nazareth, Israel
  • Church of Saint-Augustin, Paris, designed by Victor Baltard
  • Fort Teremba, New Caledonia
  • Jacob Kamm House, Portland, Oregon, USA, designed by Justus F. Krumbein
  • Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin, designed by Alfred Lent, Bertold Scholz and Gottlieb Henri Lapierre.

Awards

  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – James Fergusson
  • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: .

Births

thumb|upright|[[Niels Sigfred Nebelong]]

  • April 12 – August Endell, German Jugendstil architect and designer (died 1925)
  • August 22 – Émile André, French architect, artist and furniture designer (died 1933)
  • September 10 – Thomas Adams, British urban planner (died 1940)

Deaths

  • January 4 – Lewis Vulliamy, English architect (born 1791)
  • September 1 – Sir James Pennethorne, English architect and planner (born 1801)
  • October 9 – Niels Sigfred Nebelong, Danish historicist architect (born 1806)

References