1875 in architecture
# 1875 in architecture

The year 1875 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* January 5 – Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera in France, designed by Charles Garnier, opens.
* June 13 – Sage Chapel at Cornell University, designed by Charles Babcock, holds opening services.
* Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Australia is completed.
* William Watts Sherman House, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
* The Hermannsdenkmal monument in Berlin, Germany, designed by sculptor Ernst von Bandel, is completed.
* Cize–Bolozon viaduct opens to rail traffic across the Ain in France.

## Awards

* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Edmund Sharpe.
* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Edmond Paulin.

## Organisations

* German firm Wayss & Freitag formed, who pioneered reinforced concrete.

## Births

* May 12 – Charles Holden, English architect noted for London Underground stations (died 1960)
* July – W. Curtis Green, English commercial architect (died 1960)
* August 11 – Percy Erskine Nobbs, Scottish-born Canadian Arts and Crafts architect (died 1964)

## Deaths

* February 28 – Robert Willis, English mechanical engineer, phonetician and architectural historian (born 1800)
* June 5 – E. W. Pugin, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1834)
* June 24 – Henri Labrouste, French architect (born 1801)
