1856 in architecture
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The year 1856 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings opened
- February - State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Joseph Reed[1]
- May 15 - Rumeli Feneri, Istanbul, Turkey[2]
- August 31 - The Esztergom Basilica in Hungary, designed by Pál Kühnel and József Hild (consecrated)
- November 1 - Stamford Water Street railway station in Lincolnshire, England, designed by William Hurst.[3]
Buildings completed
- Debating chambers of Parliament House, Melbourne, Australia, designed by General Charles Pasley
- Landherrnamt, Bremen, Germany, designed by Alexander Schröder in the Neo-Romanesque style[4]
- Walnut Hall, Toronto, Canada, designed by John Tully as O'Donohoe Row (demolished 2007)[5]
Events
- Future English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy is apprenticed to architect James Hicks in Dorchester, Dorset.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - William Tite.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Edmond Guillaume.
Births
- February 12 - Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (died 1934)
- August 5 - Axel Berg, Danish architect (died 1929)
- September 3 - Louis Sullivan, American architect, "father of skyscrapers"[6] (died 1924)
- December 20 - Reginald Blomfield, English architect (died 1942)
- date unknown - Eugène Vallin, French architect, furniture designer and manufacturer (died 1922)
Deaths
- March 20 - Robert Reid, King's architect and surveyor for Scotland from 1827 to 1839 (born 1884)[7]
- March 27 - David Laing, British architect (born 1774)[8]
References
- ↑ McCallum, C. A. (1976). "Tulk, Augustus Henry (1810–1873)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ↑ "Rumelifeneri" (in Turkish). Rumelifeneri. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ↑ Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5.
- ↑ "Landherrnamt & St.-Johannis-Schule" (in German). Bremen: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ↑ Kyonka, Nick (2007-05-20). "Historic building dies of neglect". Toronto Star.
- ↑ Kaufman, Mervyn D. (1969). Father of Skyscrapers: A Biography of Louis Sullivan. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
- ↑ "Robert Reid". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ↑ Colvin, H. M. (1997). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840. ISBN 0-300-07207-4.