1886 in architecture

The year 1886 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * Patrick Manogue, Sacramento's first bishop, acquires the land to build the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch.

Buildings opened

 * June 30 – Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College for women, Egham, near London, designed by William Henry Crossland.
 * July – Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, designed by Christian Jank and realized by Eduard Riedel, is opened to the public, although incomplete.
 * October 28 – Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, United States, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with engineering by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin.
 * October 31 – Dom Luís Bridge in Porto, designed by Téophile Seyrig.

Buildings completed

 * Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, designed by John C. Cochrane and Alfred H. Piquenard
 * National Assembly building in Sofia, designed by Konstantin Jovanović.
 * Hotel Cecil, London, United Kingdom, designed by Perry & Reed.
 * Hawick Town Hall, Scotland, designed by James Campbell Walker.
 * Oulu City Hall, Finland, designed by Johan Erik Stenberg.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Garnier.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Louvet (First Prize & Second).

Births

 * March 24 – Robert Mallet-Stevens, French architect (died 1945)
 * March 27
 * Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (died 1969)
 * Clemens Holzmeister, Austrian architect and stage designer (died 1983)
 * June 17 – George Howe, American International Style architect and educator (died 1955)
 * July 27 – Ernst May, German architect and city planner (died 1970)
 * Yehuda Magidovitch, Ukrainian-born Israeli architect (died 1961)

Deaths

 * April 18 – Sancton Wood, English railway station architect (born 1815)
 * April 27 – Henry Hobson Richardson, American architect (born 1838)
 * July 17 – David Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (born 1815)
 * October 6 – E. W. Godwin, English architect and designer (born 1833)
 * November 4 – George Devey, English country house architect (born 1820)