1818 in architecture
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The year 1818 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- Church Building Act in the United Kingdom makes available £1 million for the construction of new Anglican "Commissioners' churches" to serve the expanding urban population.
Buildings
- Hazuri Bagh Baradari, Lahore, built.
- The Holme in Regent's Park, London, built by Decimus Burton as a house for his father James Burton.
- "Ware's Folly" in Augusta, Georgia, United States, completed as a house for Nicholas Ware at enormous cost.[1]
- First National Theatre Munich, designed by Karl von Fischer, opened.
- The Royal Coburg Theatre, London, opened.
- The Savannah Theatre, Savannah, Georgia, United States, designed by William Jay, opened.
- Teatro Nuovo, Pesaro, Italy, opened as an opera house.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: no first prize awarded.
Births
- May 17 - William Hay,Scottish architect (died 1888)
- June 20 - Eugenius Birch, English civil engineer (died 1884)
- November 11 - James Renwick, Jr., American architect (died 1895)
- Thomas Mainwaring Penson, English architect (died 1864)
- Louis-Daniel Perrier, Swiss architect (died 1903)
Deaths
- April 25 - Johan Martin Quist, Danish architect (born 1755)
- May 1 - François-Joseph Bélanger, French neoclassical architect (born 1744)
References
- ^ "Georgia - Richmond County" (Index Listing). National Register of Historic Places. United States Federal Government. 2006-01-26. Retrieved 2007-08-01.