1864 in architecture

none 1864 architecture The year 1864 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events Martin & Chamberlain begin their partnership in Birmingham, England. December 8 – The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1831 and completed as a memorial to him by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw, is opened to traffic. For the occasion, it is lit by magnesium flares but they are blown out by the wind.McIlwain, John (1996). Clifton Suspension Bridge. Andover: Pitkin Guides. 978-0-85372-758-3. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1864 Buildings opened thumb|Notre-Dame de la Garde June 5 – Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille, France, designed by Henri-Jacques Espérandieu (consecrated).Abbé G. Arnaud d’Agnel, Marseille, Notre-Dame de la Garde, éd. Tacussel, Marseille, 1923 June 23 – Grande synagogue de Lyon, France, designed by Abraham Hirsch. Buildings completed St Peter's Church, Vauxhall, London, designed by John Loughborough Pearson.1358276 Church of St Peter 2019-01-13 Northampton Guildhall in England, designed by E. W. Godwin. Oriel Chambers, Liverpool, England, the world's first metal-framed glass curtain walled building, designed by Peter Ellis.http://www.orielchambers.co.uk/#/411 History Oriel Chambers 2009-07-27 Bridge No. 28 ("Gothic Bridge"), Central Park, New York City, designed by Calvert Vaux.Bridge No. 28 https://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/bridge-no-28.html Official Website of New York City's Central Park Central Park Conservancy 2015-03-18 Buildings demolished November to December – Las Incantadas, a Roman monument in Thessalonica, dismantled by Emmanuel Miller while attempting to transfer it to France. Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Julien Guadet and Arthur Dutert. Births March 12 – Henry Wilson, English architect and metalwork designer (died 1934) July 12 – Carl Harald Brummer, Danish architect (died 1953) June 10 – Ninian Comper, Scottish-born Gothic Revival architect (died 1960) thumb|upright|Leo von Klenze September 4 – William B. Ittner, American architect based in St Louis (died 1936) November 4 – Robert Lorimer, Scottish architect and furniture designer (died 1929)Christopher Hussey (historian) Hussey Christopher The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer Country Life 1931 December 21 – Ernest Gimson, English architect and furniture designer (died 1919) Deaths January 10 – Patrick Byrne, Irish church architect (born 1783) January 26 – Leo von Klenze, German Neoclassicist architect (born 1784) date unknown – Thomas Mainwaring Penson, English surveyor and architect (born 1818) References Architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:19th-century architecture