1834 in architecture
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The year 1834 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- October 7 - Birmingham Town Hall in Birmingham, England, designed by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch, is opened.
- The last reconstruction of the Presidential Palace, Vilnius in Lithuania, by Vasily Stasov, is completed.
- Reconstruction of the Narva Triumphal Arch in Saint Petersburg in stone by Vasily Stasov is completed.
Events
- October 16 - Burning of Parliament: Much of the Palace of Westminster in London is destroyed by fire.
- The Institute of British Architects in London, predecessor of the Royal Institute of British Architects, is formed.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
- March 24 - William Morris, English artist, writer and conservationist (died 1896)
- April 5 - Robert Rowand Anderson, Scottish architect (died 1921)
- April 7 - Alfred B. Mullett, English-born American architect (died 1890)
- August 2 - Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (died 1904)
Deaths
- September 2 - Thomas Telford, Scottish-born stonemason, architect and civil engineer (born 1757)
- September 5 - Thomas Lee, English architect (born 1794) (drowned)
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