1885 in architecture

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The year 1885 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• The Home Insurance Building in Chicago, Illinois, designed by William LeBaron Jenney, is completed, often regarded as the world's first skyscraper.
• Completion of Sway Tower in Hampshire, England, designed by Andrew Peterson using concrete made with Portland cement. It remains the world's tallest non-reinforced concrete structure.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Heinrich Schliemann.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

• February 23 - Yoshikazu Uchida (d. 1972)
• July 13 - Adolf Behne (d. 1948)
• August 13 - C Howard Crane (d. 1952)
• August 30 - Paul Gösch (d. 1940)
• September 22 - Gunnar Asplund (d. 1940)
• December 5 - Ernest Cormier (d. 1980)
• December 17 - Wells Coates (d. 1958)
• December 28 - Vladimir Tatlin (d. 1953)