1871 in architecture

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The year 1871 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• Abraham Hirsch is appointed chief architect of the French city of Lyon.
• (end of year) - At the Vienna Hofburg, groundbreaking is held for the new Imperial Natural History Museum (German: K.k. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum), beginning a 20-year construction project.

Buildings opened

Royal Albert Hall

• March 29 - The Royal Albert Hall in London, designed by Francis Fowke and H. Y. Darracott Scott.
• September 14 - Hokkaidō Shrine, Sapporo, Japan.
• October 15 - Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester, England, designed by Joseph A. Hansom & Son.

Buildings completed

• Alexandria City Hall, Virginia, USA, designed by Adolph Cluss
• Christ Church, Nazareth, Israel
• Church of Saint-Augustin, Paris, designed by Victor Baltard
• Fort Teremba, New Caledonia
• Jacob Kamm House, Portland, Oregon, USA, designed by Justus F. Krumbein
• Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin, designed by Alfred Lent, Bertold Scholz and Gottlieb Henri Lapierre.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - James Fergusson
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Émile Ulmann.

Births

• August 22 - Émile André, French architect, artist, and furniture designer (died 1933)

Deaths

• January 4 - Lewis Vulliamy, English architect (born 1791)
• September 1 - Sir James Pennethorne, English architect and planner (born 1801)
• October 9 - Niels Sigfred Nebelong, Danish historicist architect (born 1806)