page_title: 1870 in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 1870 in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: L'université de Glasgow a été fondée en 1451. Elle a été transférée sur la colline Gilmorehill au 19e siècle. Sur la photo, le Kelvingrove Park et le bâtiment principal de l'université de style néogothique conçu par l'architecte Sir George Gilbert Scott et par son fils John Oldrid Scott qui a rajouté la flèche.
context_page_description: The year 1870 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
context_section_description: January 6 – The Musikverein in Vienna, designed by Theophil Hansen, is inaugurated.
  May 1 – Equitable Life Building (New York City), designed by Arthur Gilman and Edward H. Kendall, with George B. Post as a consulting engineer, is completed. The 7-storey building is the first office block to incorporate passenger elevators, hydraulic examples by the Elisha Otis company.
  June 23 – Keble College, Oxford, designed by William Butterfield, is opened.
  August 9 – Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia is opened.
  November – University of Glasgow new campus building, designed by George Gilbert Scott, is opened.
  Perth Town Hall in Australia, designed by Richard Roach Jewell and James Manning, is completed.
  David Sassoon Library in Bombay, designed by J. Campbell and G. E. Gosling, is completed.
  Khotan Mosque in China is built.
  Approximate date – Les Halles markets in Paris, designed by Victor Baltard, completed.
caption: University of Glasgow
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