1863 in architecture

none 1863 architecture The year 1863 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events thumb|London January 10 – The Metropolitan Railway, London, England, is opened, the world's first underground railway (engineer: John Fowler).1863 The People's Chronology Everett, Jason M. Thomson Gale 2006 December 2 – The Statue of Freedom is set on top of the new dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.Gale, Robert L. Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1964, p. 190 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.David Lawrence Ann Wilson The Cathedral of St Fin Barre at Cork: William Burges in Ireland 2006 Dublin Four Courts Press 978-1-84682-023-6 19 Buildings and structures 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,http://www.kirkesok.no/eng/kirker/Gulen-kyrkje Gulen kyrkje Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen 2014-01-09 consecrated by Dean Thomas Erichsen. Buildings completed Berns Salonger, Stockholm, Sweden. Smíchov Synagogue, Prague, Czech Republic.http://www.praguepost.com/archivescontent/37531-smichov-s-historical-holdout.html Smichov's historical holdout (June 19, 2003) Prague Post 2011-09-11 Kelham Hall near Newark-on-Trent, England, designed by George Gilbert Scott. Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Anthony Salvin. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Emmanuel Brune fr. Births April 3 – Henry van de Velde, Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (died 1957)Berko, P. Berko, V. 1981 Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875 Knokke 684–85 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) W. G. R. Sprague, Australian-born British theatre architect (died 1933) Deaths June 16 – Ludwig Förster, Austrian religious architect (died 1797) September 17 – Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist and writer (born 1788)The Life and Work of C. R. Cockerell David Watkin 1974 Zwemmer 0-302-02571-5 October 9 – Andrew Egan, Irish architect and builder (born c.1810)The Mark of a Man: The Life of Andrew Egan, Builder and Architect of Tuam Deirdre Goggin 39–62 Journal of the Old Tuam Society 1 2004 October 28 – William Cubitt, English building and civil engineering contractor and politician (born 1791) December 29 – Joseph John Scoles, English Catholic architect (born 1798)Brodie Antonia Library British Architectural Architects Royal Institute of British Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) 2001 A&C Black 9780826455147 553 https://books.google.com/books?id=GkThQYLb3ZUC&pg=PA553 en References Architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:19th-century architecture