1826 in architecture

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The year 1826 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings opened

• January 30 - The Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford.
• December 17 - Helsinki Old Church, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel.

Buildings completed

The oldest statement of Russian Revival, Stasov's Alexander Nevsky church in Potsdam

• Cathedral of Chihuahua, Mexico.
• The Bank of England in London, designed by Sir John Soane.
• Cumberland Terrace in London, designed by John Nash and John Thompson.
• Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church in Potsdam, a very early example of Byzantine Revival architecture designed by Vasily Stasov.
• Stadttempel, Vienna, Austria.^[1]
• Sofienbad, Vienna, Austria.

Births

• April 11 - Thomas Worthington, English architect based in Manchester (died 1909)
• August 16 - Thomas Seaton Scott, Canadian architect (died 1895)

Deaths

• March 1 - Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect and city planner (born 1766)^[2]
• July 4 - Thomas Jefferson, polymath and neoclassical architect (born 1743)^[3]

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome - Léon Vaudoyer

References

1. "The Stadttempel Synagogue, Vienna". Beth Hatefutsoth. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
2. Brownlee, David B. (1986). "Chapter 1". Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe. University of Pennsylvania Press.
3. Brodie, Fawn (1974). Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 87–88.