1884 in architecture explained
The year 1884 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona.
- Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., designed by Robert Mills, is completed.
- Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest, designed by Miklós Ybl, is opened.
- Budapest Keleti railway station, designed by Gyula Rochlitz and János Feketeházy, is completed.
- Garabit viaduct in France, engineered by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin, is completed.
- The Dakota apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, is completed.
- Cornerstone of Statue of Liberty laid in New York Harbor.
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Notes and References
- Book: Cooper, Douglas. The Cubist Epoch. London. Phaidon Press. 1970.
- Book: Cox, Neil. Cubism. registration. London. Phaidon Press. 2000. 9780714840109 .
- Web site: Eugenius Birch. eastlondonhistory.com. 2008-06-28. 2010-05-31.
- Web site: Paul Abadie, architecte.