1883 in architecture

The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

 * March 10 – The Ames Free Library opens to the public "without fanfare and ceremony." Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
 * May 1 – The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, designed by Thomas G. Jackson, are formally opened.
 * May 24 – Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, is completed.
 * May 26 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated.
 * August 29 – Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened, the first of over 2,500 Carnegie Libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie.
 * Albany City Hall in Albany, New York, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 'Richardsonian Romanesque' style, is completed.
 * Vienna City Hall (Rathaus), designed by Friedrich von Schmidt in Gothic Revival style, is completed.
 * The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney (demolished 1931).
 * The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed.
 * Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), Australia, designed by Charles Webb, is completed.
 * Cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon, London, is completed.
 * Coney Hill Hospital (Gloucestershire County Asylum) in Gloucester, England, designed by John Giles and Edward Gough, is partially completed.
 * Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, designed by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, is opened for guests.
 * Billings Memorial Library at the University of Vermont in Burlington, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
 * New Church, Anerley, London, designed by W. J. E. Henley of the Concrete Building Company, completed.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Francis Penrose.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Gaston Redon.

Births

 * January 8 – Robert Atkinson, English Art Deco architect (died 1952)
 * February 15 – Richard Konwiarz, German architect (died 1960)
 * May 18 – Walter Gropius, German modernist architect (died 1969)
 * May 28 – Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect (died 1978)
 * June 25 – Paul Bartholomew, American architect (died 1973)
 * August 23 – Alker Tripp, English town planner (died 1954)
 * August 30 – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch De Stijl architect (died 1931)
 * December 19 – Barry Byrne, American Prairie School architect (died 1967)

Deaths

 * June 3 – Emilio De Fabris, Italian architect (born 1808)
 * October 22 – John Henry Chamberlain, English Gothic Revival architect working in Birmingham (born 1831)