1836 in architecture
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings and structures+... |
The year 1836 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
[edit]Buildings
[edit]
- 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.[1]
- May 5 – St Ignatius Church, Preston, Lancashire, England, designed by Joseph John Scoles, is opened.[2]
- 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; an early example of French glass and metal architecture.
- Glynnwood Plantation is built in Glynn, near Pointe Coupee, Louisiana.[3]
- Inverness Castle, Scotland, designed by William Burn, is built.
Publications
[edit]- August 4 – A. W. N. Pugin publishes his Contrasts, a treatise on the morality of Catholic Gothic architecture.
Awards
[edit]- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Louis-Florimond Boulanger and Jean-Jacques Clerget.
Births
[edit]- March 2 – E. R. Robson, English architect specialising in schools (died 1917)
- March 20 – James Cubitt, English architect specialising in nonconformist chapels (died 1912)
Deaths
[edit]- June 7 – Henry A. Baker, Irish architect (born 1753)
References
[edit]- ^ "Lansdowne Bridge over Prospect Creek". Heritage and conservation register. Roads & Maritime Services, New South Wales Government. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
- ^ "St Ignatius, Preston – Roman Catholic". GENUKI. 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
- ^ Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
 | This article about history of architecture is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |