1847 in architecture
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The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May - The Architectural Association School of Architecture is founded in London.[1]
Buildings opened
- March 31 - The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father Félix Martin.[2][3]
- June 28 - Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
- June 30 - Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
- August 3 - Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
- September 10 - Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite.
- November - Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood.[4]
- First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg.
Buildings completed
- Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry.
- Madina Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.[5]
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture - Louis-Jules André.
Births
- March 21 - Fredrik Olaus Lindström, Swedish city architect (died 1919)[6]
- June 9 - Alajos Hauszmann, Austro-Hungarian architect and professor (died 1926)[7]
- August 24 - Charles Follen McKim, American architect (died 1909)
- date unknown
- John Beswicke, Australian architect and surveyor (died 1925)
- Alexandru Săvulescu, Romanian architect (died 1902)
Deaths
- October 13 - Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, English architect, pioneer in the study of Medieval Gothic architecture (born 1787)[8]
- November 26 - Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, English architect, designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool (born 1814; consumption)[9]
References
- ^ John Summerson: The Architectural Association 1847–1947, Pleiades Books, London 1947.
- ^ "Saint-Patrick's Basilica". Images Montréal. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ Designated a National Historic Site of Canada. St. Patrick's Basilica National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5.
- ^ "Heritage Murshidabad » Imambara". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "F O Lindström" (in Swedish). Västerbottens museum. Archived from the original on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Gerle, János (ed.) - Hauszmann Alajos (Holnap Kiadó, Budapest, 2002) ISBN 963-346-526-5 ([1])
- ^ Eastlake, Charles Locke (1872). A History of the Gothic Revival. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. 109.
- ^ Watkin, David (2004). "Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale (1814–1847)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8732. Retrieved 2014-06-01. (subscription or UK public library membership required)