1850 in architecture

Buildings and structures

The year 1850 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings completed

Bratsberg Church, Trondheim, Norway.^[1]
Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, Pennsylvania, USA.^[2]
Britannia Bridge in north Wales, engineered by Robert Stephenson, is opened.
Newcastle railway station in the north-east of England, designed by John Dobson, is opened.^[3]
Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris, designed by Henri Labrouste, is completed, the first major public building with an exposed cast-iron frame.^[4]
Château de Boursault, France, designed by Jean-Jacques Arveuf-Fransquin.
Vĩnh Tràng Temple, Mỹ Tho, Vietnam.^[5]

January 10 - John Wellborn Root, Chicago-based US architect (died 1891)
February 17 - Frank Darling, Canadian architect associated with Toronto (died 1923)
November 15 - Victor Laloux, French Beaux-Arts architect and teacher (died 1937)
December 21 - Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Spanish-Catalan architect, a leader of Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement (died 1927)
Robert Worley, English architect (died 1930)

February 19 - François Debret, French architect (born 1777)
March 2 - Auguste-Henri-Victor Grandjean de Montigny, French architect influential in Brazil (born 1776)
May 8 - Antonio Niccolini, Italian architect, scenic designer, and engraver (born 1772)^[6]
July 12 - Robert Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (born 1772)

↑ "Bratsberg kirke" (in Norwegian). Strinda historielag. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
↑ "Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Geographic Information System" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
↑ Biddle, Gordon; Nock, O. S. (1983). The Railway Heritage of Britain. London: Michael Joseph. ISBN 0718123557.
↑ Trachtenberg, Marvin; Hyman, Isabelle (1986). Architecture: from Prehistory to Post-Modernism - the Western tradition. London: Academy Editions. p. 478. ISBN 0856708992.
↑ Võ Văn Tường. "Các chùa Nam Bộ" (in Vietnamese). Buddhism Today. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
↑ Cassanelli, Roberto; Ciapparelli, Pier Luigi; Colle, Enrico; David, Massimiliano (2001). Houses and Monuments of Pompeii: The Work of Fausto and Felice Niccolini. p. 23.

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