1863 in architecture
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The year 1863 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
London
- January 10 - The Metropolitan Railway, London, England, is opened, the world's first underground railway (engineer: John Fowler).[1]
- December 2 - The Statue of Freedom is set on top of the new dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.[2]
- date unknown
- The École des Beaux-Arts in Paris becomes independent of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
- William Burges is declared winner of the competition to design the new Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork (Church of Ireland), his first major commission.[3]
Buildings opened
- March 2 - Clapham Junction railway station, London.
- October 18 - Befreiungshalle memorial above Kelheim in Bavaria, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner and completed by Leo von Klenze, is inaugurated.
- October 27 - Leeuwarden railway station in the Netherlands, designed by Charles van Brederode.
- December 13 - Gulen Church, Eivindvik, Norway, designed by Georg Andreas Bull,[4] consecrated by Dean Thomas Erichsen.
Buildings completed
- Berns Salonger, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Smíchov Synagogue, Prague, Czech Republic.[5]
- Kelham Hall near Newark-on-Trent, England, designed by George Gilbert Scott.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Anthony Salvin.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Emmanuel Brune.
Births
- April 3 - Henry van de Velde, Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (died 1957)[6]
- May 17 - C. R. Ashbee, English interior designer (died 1942)
- October 21 - Sir George Troup, New Zealand architect, engineer and statesman (died 1941)
- December 16 - Ralph Adams Cram, American architect of academic and ecclesiastical buildings (died 1942)
Deaths
- September 17 - Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist and writer (born 1788)[7]
- October 9 - Andrew Egan, Irish architect and builder (born c.1810)[8]
- October 28 - William Cubitt, English building and civil engineering contractor and politician (born 1791)
- December 29 - Joseph John Scoles, English Catholic architect (born 1798)
References
- ↑ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1863". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- ↑ Gale, Robert L. Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1964, p. 190
- ↑ Lawrence, David; Wilson, Ann (2006). The Cathedral of St Fin Barre at Cork: William Burges in Ireland. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 19. ISBN 9781846820236.
- ↑ "Gulen kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑ "Smichov's historical holdout (June 19, 2003)". Prague Post. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ↑ Berko, P.; Berko, V. (1981). Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875. Knokke. pp. 684–85.
- ↑ Watkin, David (1974). The Life and Work of C. R. Cockerell. Zwemmer. ISBN 0-302-02571-5.
- ↑ Goggin, Deirdre (2004). "The Mark of a Man: The Life of Andrew Egan, Builder and Architect of Tuam". Journal of the Old Tuam Society 1: 39–62.
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