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The year 1875 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

thumb|[[William Watts Sherman House as built]]

  • January 5 – Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera in France, designed by Charles Garnier, opens.
  • June 13 – Sage Chapel at Cornell University, designed by Charles Babcock, holds opening services.
  • Congregational Chapel, Wellingborough, England, designed by Edward Sharman and Caleb Archer, is completed.
  • Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Australia is completed.
  • William Watts Sherman House, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
  • The Hermannsdenkmal monument in Berlin, Germany, designed by sculptor Ernst von Bandel, is completed.
  • Cize–Bolozon viaduct opens to rail traffic across the Ain in France.

Awards

  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Edmund Sharpe.
  • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Edmond Paulin.

Organisations

  • German firm Wayss & Freitag formed, who pioneered reinforced concrete.

Births

  • May 12 – Charles Holden, English architect noted for London Underground stations (died 1960)
  • July – W. Curtis Green, English commercial architect (died 1960)
  • August 11 – Percy Erskine Nobbs, Scottish-born Canadian Arts and Crafts architect (died 1964)

Deaths

  • February 28 – Robert Willis, English mechanical engineer, phonetician and architectural historian (born 1800)
  • June 5 – E. W. Pugin, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1834)
  • June 24 – Henri Labrouste, French architect (born 1801)

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