1823 in architecture

Buildings

• Work begins on the British Museum in London, designed by Robert Smirke (later Sir Robert).
• Work begins on the Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, which is completed in 1830.
• Work completed on St George's Church, Brandon Hill in Bristol, England, designed by Robert Smirke in Greek Revival style.
• Work completed on the Primary Cathedral of Bogotá, Colombia.
• Work completed on the Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg designed by Andreyan Zakharov in 1806.
• Work completed on the core of Massachusetts General Hospital, Bulfinch Building, designed by Charles Bulfinch.
• Opening of Horton Road Hospital as the First Gloucestershire County Asylum in England, designed by William Stark, John Wheeler and John Collingwood.
• William Strickland builds St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, United States, one of the first Gothic Revival buildings.