# 1888 in architecture

The year 1888 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* Roof and dome of Seville Cathedral collapse in an earthquake.
* Friedrich von Schmidt is ennobled.

## Buildings and structures
### Buildings opened

* January 5 – The Neues deutsches Theater, Prague, designed by Fellner & Helmer with Baron Karl von Hasenauer and Alfons Wertmüller.
* April 11 – The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, designed by Adolf Leonard van Gendt.
* May – Victoria Terminus station building, designed by Frederick William Stevens for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, in Bombay's Bori Bunder district (modern-day: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai).
* August 12 – Plaza de Toros de El Bibio, Gijón, Asturias, Spain.
* August 17 – Castle of the Three Dragons for 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, Spain, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
* August 18 – Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, designed by Hermann Eggert and Johann Wilhelm Schwedler.
* September 20 – Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (Armenian Apostolic Church), designed by Simon Ter-Hakobian(ts).
* October 2 – Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine, designed by Mikhail Lovtsov.
* October 4 – Princes Bridge, Melbourne, Australia, designed by John Harry Grainger.
* October 14 – Burgtheater, Ringstraße, Vienna, designed by Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hasenauer.
* October 20 – Zappeion, Athens, designed by Theophil Hansen.
* Autumn – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (as the "Georgia School of Technology"), with Tech Tower used for classrooms.

### Buildings completed

* St. Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia.
* Cathedral of Melo, Uruguay.
* Conquest Plantation, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA, built in Victorian style.
* Illinois State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
* Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida, USA, designed by John Carrere and Thomas Hastings.
* Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, USA, designed by Elijah E. Myers.
* Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed by H.H. Richardson.
* High Royds Hospital (West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum) near Leeds, England, designed by J. Vickers Edwards.
* Several buildings for the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry held in Glasgow, key architect being James Sellars.
* Elizabeth Plankinton House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, designed by E. Townsend Mix.
* Casino Notabile, Mdina, Malta, designed by Webster Paulson.

## Awards

* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Theophil Freiherr von Hansen.
* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Tournaire.

## Births

* January 20 – Léon Azéma, French architect (died 1978)
* February 6 - Romuald Gutt, Polish architect (died 1974)
* March 19 – Piero Portaluppi, Italian architect (died 1967)
* March 19 – Gordon Kaufmann, English-born US architect (died 1949)
* April 30 – Antonio Sant'Elia, Italian Futurist architectural theorist (killed in action 1916)
* June 24 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch furniture designer and architect (died 1964)
* August 26 – Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (died 1974)
* December 15 – Kaare Klint, Danish architect and furniture designer (died 1954)

## Deaths

* January 10 – James Campbell Walker, Scottish architect (born 1821)
* March 16 – Thomas Thomas, Welsh chapel architect and minister (born 1817)
* March 25 – William Eden Nesfield, English domestic revival architect (born 1835)
* August 5 – Edmund Wright, Australian architect, engineer and businessman (born 1824)
* November 25 – Christian Jank, scenic painter and stage designer, commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria to create concepts for architectural projects (born 1833)