1818 in architecture

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The year 1818 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

Hazuri Bagh Baradari, Lahore in original condition (centre)

• 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, 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 - William Hay, Scottish architect (died 1888)
• June 20 - Eugenius Birch, English civil engineer specialising in seaside pleasure piers (died 1884)
• July 22 - Thomas Stevenson, Scottish civil engineer specialising in lighthouses (died 1887)
• 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

1. "Georgia - Richmond County" (Index Listing). National Register of Historic Places. United States Federal Government. 2006-01-26. Retrieved 2007-08-01.