Timeline of Architecture - 1870s

1870s

• 1879 – Louis Sullivan joins Dankmar Adler's firm in Chicago.
• 1878 – Work begins on the Herrenchiemsee in Bavaria, designed by Georg Dollman.
• 1877 – St Pancras railway station in London, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is completed.
• 1876 – Construction is finished on the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, designed by Gottfried Semper.
• 1875 – The Opéra Garnier is completed in Paris.
• 1874 – Completion of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California.
• 1873 – Scots' Church in Melbourne, Australia is finished.
• 1872 – The Albert Memorial in London, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is opened.
• 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire destroys most of the city, sparking a building boom there.
• 1870 – Birth of Adolf Loos.