1889 in architecture

none December 2009 1889 architecture The year 1889 in architecture involved some significant events. Events May 6–October 31 – Exposition Universelle in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The Galerie des machines, designed by architect Ferdinand Dutert and engineer Victor Contamin, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time. Among the Exposition displays is the History of Habitation, a series of houses designed by Charles Garnier imaginatively illustrating dwellings across many civilizations.Musée d'Orsay 1889: la Tour Eiffel et l'Exposition universelle 1989 Editions de la Réunion des Musées nationaux Paris 2-7118-2244-3 August 10 – At the Vienna Hofburg, the grand opening ceremony is held for the Imperial Natural History Museum (de K.k. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum), begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1889 Buildings opened thumb|250px|Eiffel Tower and Exposition Universelle March 31 – Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed by Gustave Eiffel.Selwood Dominic On this day in 1889: Paris' dramatic icon, the Eiffel Tower, opens https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/31/day-1889-paris-dramatic-icon-eiffel-tower-opens/ The Telegraph 13 May 2018 31 March 2017 At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m. April 10 – A star is placed on the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy, designed by Alessandro Antonelli, bringing the building's total height to 167.5 m on, making it the tallest brick building in Europe.http://www.museocinema.it/en/museo-e-mole-antonelliana/mole-antonelliana Mole Antonelliana www.museocinema.it July 7, 2016 Museo Nazionale del Cinema December 21, 2017 April 27 – The Ilha Fiscal Customs House, Brazil June 30 — Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Patrick Keely, is consecrated.Bodo Sandor 2. Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20151213/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/151219790 4 November 2018 The Providence Journal 13 December 2015 October 15 – Amsterdam Centraal railway station in the Netherlands, designed by Pierre Cuypers with roof engineered by L. J. Eijmer December 9 – Auditorium Building in Chicago, United States, designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler Buildings completed July 12 – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California), United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch Custom House, Brisbane, Australia, designed by Charles McLay Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, United States, designed by Edbrooke and Burnham Lillesand Church, Norway, designed by Henrik Thrap-MeyerLillesand kirke https://kirkesok.no/kirke/092600301 2021-01-17 Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen First Presbyterian Church (Detroit, Michigan), United States, designed by George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice St George's Church, Lisbon, Portugal, designed by John Medland and Charles Edward Powell St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro on Madagascar, designed by William White Palau Güell in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí Science Hall in University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District, Minneapolis, United States, designed by Leroy Buffington and his assistant Harvey Ellis Germania Bank Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, designed by J. Walter Stevens assisted by Harvey Ellis Corbin Building in New York City, United States, designed by Francis H. Kimball St. James Episcopal Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts), United States, designed by Henry M. Congdonhttps://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=cam.244 MACRIS inventory record for St. James Episcopal Church Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2014-03-22 Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Thomas Newton.Allinson Kenneth The Architects and Architecture of London 2008 Routledge 9780750683371 10 https://books.google.com/books?id=RAQBHs4BWXQC&pg=PA10 en Births May 10 – Mihran Mesrobian, Armenian-born American (died 1975) May 21 – R. Harold Zook, American architect (died 1949) June 24 – Charles Cowles-Voysey, English architect (died 1981) August 26 – Jan Buijs, Dutch architect (died 1961) October 25 – Sven Markelius, Swedish architect (died 1972) December 23 – Joseph Emberton, English modernist architect (died 1956) Deaths March 10 – John Rhind, Scottish architect (born 1836)http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100329 Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report 4 March 2024 June 1 – Charles Lanyon, English architect working in Northern Ireland (born 1813)The Times Register of Events in 1889 xxiii unknown date – James Hardie, American architect active in Natchez, Mississippihttps://archive.org/details/artinmississippi0000blac registration Art in Mississippi 1720-1980 Patti Carr Black Patti Carr Black University Press of Mississippi 1998 59–60 9781578060849 References Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1889 Category:Architecture by year Category:19th-century architecture