1883 in architecture

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The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Home Insurance Building, Chicago

• May 1 - The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, designed by Thomas G. Jackson, are formally opened.
• May 24 - Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, is completed.
• May 26 - Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated.
• Albany City Hall in Albany, New York, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 'Richardsonian Romanesque' style, is completed.
• The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney (demolished 1931).
• The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed.
• Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), Australia, designed by Charles Webb, is completed.
• Cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon, London, is completed.
• Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, designed by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, is opened for guests.
• Billings Memorial Library at the University of Vermont in Burlington, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Francis Cranmer Penrose.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Gaston Redon.

Waddesdon Manor, England

Births

• January 8 - Robert Atkinson (died 1952)
• February 15 - Richard Konwiarz (died 1960)
• May 18 - Walter Gropius (died 1969)
• June 25 - Paul Bartholomew (died 1973)
• August 30 - Theo van Doesburg (died 1931)
• December 19 - Barry Byrne (died 1967)

Deaths

• October 22 - John Henry Chamberlain (born 1831)
• Emilio De Fabris (born 1808)