1867 in architecture

The year 1867 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * May 12 – Construction work begins on Toluca Cathedral in Mexico.
 * May 20 – Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for the Royal Albert Hall in London, designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Colonel H. Y. Darracott Scott.
 * Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete.
 * Ildefons Cerdà publishes Teoría General de la Urbanización ("General Theory of Urbanization").
 * The United States Congress directs the United States Army Corps of Engineers to begin improvements on the Navigation Structures at Frankfort Harbor, Michigan.

Buildings opened

 * January 1 – The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, United States
 * May 11 – St Nedelya Church, Sofia, Bulgaria (rebuilt)
 * July 30 – Kvæfjord Church, Norway, designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
 * July 31 – St Giles Church, Willenhall, England (consecrated)
 * September 27 – Zagreb Synagogue (consecrated)

Buildings completed

 * Russian-American Building No. 29, Sitka, Alaska
 * Grande halle de la Villette (abattoir), Paris, France, designed by Jules de Mérindol and Louis-Adolphe Janvier

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Texier.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Émile Bénard.

Births

 * February 2 - Theodate Pope Riddle, American architect (died 1946)
 * March 10 – Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1942)
 * April 27 – Charles Nicholson, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1949)
 * June 8 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer and educator (died 1959)
 * June 22 – John A. Pearson, English-born Canadian architect (died 1940)
 * August 15 - Henry Hornbostel, American architect and academic (died 1967)
 * October 11 – Francis Rattenbury, English-born Canadian architect (murdered 1935)
 * October 17 – Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan Spanish Modernista architect (died 1956)
 * November 24 – Detmar Blow, English Arts and Crafts architect (died 1939)

Deaths

 * March 6 – József Hild, Hungarian architect (born 1789)
 * March 25 – Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris (born 1792)
 * April 18 – Robert Smirke, English Greek Revival architect (born 1780)