Discover

The year '1867 in architecture' involved some significant events.

Contents

Buildings

Awards

Developments

Births

Deaths

Buildings

★ January 1 - The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky is formally opened.

★ May 20 - Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for the Royal Albert Hall, designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Colonel H.Y. Darracott Scott.

Awards

★ Royal Gold Medal - Charles Texier.

★ Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Developments

★ Joseph Monier patented reinforced concrete.

Births

★ March 10 - Hector Guimard (died 1942)

★ June 8 - Frank Lloyd Wright (died 1959)

★ June 22 - John A. Pearson (died 1940)

Deaths

★ March 25 - Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris (b. 1792)