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1835 in architecture
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The year 1835 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. June 2–December 1 - Competition for the design of a new Palace of Westminster in London, june 6 - Augustus Pugin is received into the Roman Catholic Church in a chapel in Salisbury, England, restored by himself. Late - The Sharpe, Paley and Austin architectural practice is established by Edmund Sharpe in Lancaster, robert Mills starts to construct the Old Patent Office Building, Washington, D. C. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc is commissioned by Prosper Merimée to restore Vézelay Abbey, royal Manchester Institution, England, by Charles Barry. Redesign of Buckingham Palace, London, by John Nash, New Hurley Reformed Church, New York. Warehouse at Ellesmere Port, England, by Thomas Telford, st Maries Grange, Salisbury, England, a house by Augustus Pugin for himself. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Charles Victor Famin
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1836 in architecture
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The year 1836 in architecture involved some significant events. January - Charles Barry wins the competition for the design of a new Palace of Westminster in London in Gothic Revival style, january 26 - Lansdowne Bridge in Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia, designed by David Lennox, is opened. May 5 - St Ignatius Church, Preston, Lancashire, England, july 29 - The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, completed by Jean Chalgrin following the death of Louis-Étienne Héricart de Thury, is inaugurated. October 4 - Rebuilt Christiania Theatre opens in Norway, fleetwood Customs House in England, designed by Decimus Burton, is completed. Mexican Hothouse in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, by Charles Rohault de Fleury, is completed, glynnwood Plantation is built in Glynn, near Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. Inverness Castle, Scotland, designed by William Burn, is built, august 4 - A. W. N. Pugin publishes his Contrasts, a treatise on the morality of Catholic Gothic architecture. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, François-Louis-Florimond Boulanger and Jean-Jacques Clerget, March 2 - E. R. Robson, English architect specialising in schools March 20 - James Cubitt, English architect specialising in nonconformist chapels June 7 - Henry A. Baker, Irish architect
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1837 in architecture
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The year 1837 in architecture involved some significant events. June 10 - Galerie des Batailles at the Palace of Versailles in France, july 13 - Christ Church, St Pancras, London, designed by James Pennethorne, is consecrated. July 20 - Euston railway station, the first main line station in London, is opened, great Stove or Conservatory at Chatsworth House in England, designed by Joseph Paxton, is begun, it is the largest glass building in the world at this time. Major reconstruction of Penrhyn Castle in North Wales by Thomas Hopper is largely completed, Rock Park, Rock Ferry, England, laid out by Jonathan Bennison. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Jean-Baptiste Guenepin, January 11 - The Royal Institute of British Architects in London is granted its royal charter. January 20 - Death of English neo-classical architect Sir John Soane gives effect to the creation of his London house as Sir John Soanes Museum,28 May - George Ashlin, Irish architect 4 June - Jean-Louis Pascal, French architect 15 December - George B. Post, American architect January 20 - Sir John Soane, English architect
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1838 in architecture
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The year 1838 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. April 8 - The British National Gallery first opens to the public in the building purpose-designed for it by William Wilkins in Trafalgar Square, palazzo Gavazzi, Milan, Italy, designed by Luigi Clerichetti. Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Canada, built by Scottish architect Thomas McKay, walton Hall, Cheshire, England, designed for Sir Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baronet, possibly by Edmund Sharpe. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Toussaint Uchard, january 23 - John James Clark, Australian architect April 13 - J. D
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1840 in architecture
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The year 1840 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. 27 April - The foundation stone of the new Palace of Westminster in London is laid as its reconstruction to a design by Charles Barry following a fire in 1834 begins. 30 September - Foundation of Nelsons Column, designed by William Railton, laid in London, Trafalgar Square being laid out,11 May - Wingfield railway station in England, designed by Francis Thompson, is opened. 31 August - Bristol Temple Meads railway station in England, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is opened, old Patent Office Building, Washington D. C. United States completed by Robert Mills, forglen House, Scotland, designed by John Smith, is completed at about this date. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Théodore Ballu
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1841 in architecture
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The year 1841 in architecture involved some significant events. April 13 — Original Semperoper in Dresden, designed by Gottfried Semper, september 2 — Leeds Parish Church reconsecrated after reconstruction. Pori Old Town Hall in Finland, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Alexis Paccard
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1842 in architecture
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The year 1842 in architecture involved some significant events. March 28 - The Teatr Skarbkowski in Lviv, designed by Jan Salzmann and Ludwig Pichl, october 18 - The Walhalla memorial in Bavaria, designed by Leo von Klenze, is inaugurated. Treasury Building, designed by Robert Mills, central and east wings completed, Construction of Berry Hill, near Halifax, iglesia de la Matriz, Valparaíso, Chile, completed. Kawaiahaʻo Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, designed by Rev. Hiram Bingham, st Marys Church, Wreay, Cumberland, England, designed by Sara Losh, consecrated. Circular church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, England, restored by Anthony Salvin, andrew Jackson Downing - Cottage Residences Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Philippe-Auguste Titeux
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1843 in architecture
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The year 1843 in architecture involved some significant events. March 25 - The Thames Tunnel in London, constructed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Marc Isambard Brunel, nelsons Column in London, designed by William Railton, is completed. McGill Universitys original building, later known as the Arts Building, is completed in Montreal by architect John Ostell, grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Jacques-Martin Tétaz. July 6 - Robert S. Roeschlaub, German-born architect working in Colorado November 29 - Gertrude Jekyll, English garden designer January 13 - Peter Atkinson, English-born architect
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1844 in architecture
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The year 1844 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. June 12 - Abingdon Road railway station near Culham on the line to Oxford in England, august 21 - St Marys Church, Newcastle upon Tyne in England, designed by Augustus Pugin. August 27 - St Barnabas Church, Nottingham in England, designed by Augustus Pugin, october - The Grange, Ramsgate, designed for himself by Augustus Pugin. Autumn - The Scott Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by George Meikle Kemp, berkshire County Gaol, Reading, England, designed by George Gilbert Scott with William Bonython Moffatt. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Prosper Desbuisson, april 15 - Charles Bulfinch, first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession
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1846 in architecture
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The year 1846 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. December 23 - The Nizamat Imambara, in Murshidabad, India built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, January 16 - Shree Govindajee Temple in Imphal, Manipur, commissioned by Raja Nara Singh. March 7 - Grace Church, New York City, United States, designed by James Renwick, may 12 - Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral holds its first service. May 21 - Trinity Church in Wall Street, New York City, july 30 - Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, officially opened by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. August 4 - Dublin Kingsbridge railway station in Ireland, designed by Sancton Wood, august 31 - St Giles Catholic Church, Cheadle in England, designed by Augustus Pugin, is concsecrated. September 1 - Pasig River Light, the first lighthouse erected in the Philippines, is lit, september 22 - Lancaster Castle railway station in England, designed by William Tite. December 24 - Needham, Stowmarket and Thurston railway stations in Suffolk, England, macau Government House, built as a private home by Macanese architect Thomaz de Aquino. Notre-Dame de Bon-Port, Nantes, France, designed by Seheult, llandinam Bridge in Montgomeryshire, Wales, designed by Thomas Penson. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Alfred-Nicolas Normand, september 4 - Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer January 22 - Louis Baltard, French architect and engraver
