1878 in architecture

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Overview of the events of 1878 in architecture

List of years in architecture

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The year 1878 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1878

### Buildings

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Semperoper in Dresden, Germany

* Work begins on the Herrenchiemsee in Bavaria, designed by Georg Dollman.
* The Semperoper in Dresden, designed by Gottfried Semper, is completed.
* The Tower House, Kensington, designed by William Burges for himself, is completed.
* The White House and No. 1 Tite Street, Chelsea, London, designed by Edward William Godwin, are completed.
* The Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan is completed.
* Construction begins on the Indiana Statehouse Indianapolis, Indiana
* Rajabai Clock Tower in South Mumbai, India is opened.[1]

## Awards

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* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Alfred Waterhouse.
* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Victor Laloux.

## Developments

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* Thaddeus Hyatt introduces a patent for reinforced concrete to the United States.

## Births

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* May 3 – Ralph Knott, English architect (died 1929)
* May 21 – Arthur Joseph Davis, English Beaux-Arts architect and interior designer (died 1951)
* June 24 – James Chapman-Taylor, New Zealand Arts and Crafts domestic architect (died 1958)
* September 29 – Mārtiņš Nukša, Latvian architect and diplomat (executed 1942)
* Violet Morris, English architect (died 1958)

## Deaths

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* March 27 – Sir George Gilbert Scott, English Gothic revival architect (born 1811)

## References

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1. ^ "Re-setting the time". The Hindu. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

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