1875 in architecture

The year 1875 in architecture involved some significant events.

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)