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 and structures
Buildings
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- Hazuri Bagh Baradari, Lahore, Punjab, built.
- Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by William Burn, dedicated.
- Church of Saint Peter, Wilmington, Delaware, designed by Pierre Bauduy, dedicated
- Trinity House of Leith, Scotland, designed by Thomas Brown, completed.
- 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, Bavaria, 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, Papal States of Italy, opened as an opera house.
- Whitworth Bridge, Dublin, Ireland, designed by George Knowles, opened.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: no first prize awarded.
Births
- May 17 â William Hay, Scottish architect (died 1888)
- June 20 â Eugenius Birch, English civil engineer specialising in seaside pleasure piers (died 1884)
- July 22 â Thomas Stevenson, Scottish civil engineer specialising in lighthouses (died 1887)
- November 11 â James Renwick Jr., American architect (died 1895)
- Thomas Mainwaring Penson, English architect (died 1864)
- Louis-Daniel Perrier, Swiss architect (died 1903)
Deaths
- April 25 â Johan Martin Quist, Danish architect (born 1755)
- May 1 â François-Joseph Bélanger, French neoclassical architect (born 1744)