1834 in architecture

none 1834 architecture The year 1834 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events October 16 – Burning of Parliament: Much of the Palace of Westminster in London is destroyed by fire. Augustus Pugin is among the witnesses. The Institute of British Architects in London, predecessor of the Royal Institute of British Architects, is formed. First published scholarly description and drawings of a stave church, painter Johannes Flintoe's essay on Heddal Stave Church in Samlinger til det Norske Folks Sprog og Historie (Christiania).http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014082208009 Heddal stavkirke Bugge Anders Grøndahl 1954 Oslo Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1834 Buildings opened thumb|Birmingham Town Hall August 30 – The Alexander Column, Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Auguste de Montferrand, is unveiled. October 7 – Birmingham Town Hall in Birmingham, England, designed by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch, is opened for the start of the Music Festival, already delayed by a year because of lack of funds.Dixon, Roger; Muthesius, Stefan (1985) [1978]. "Monumental Public Architecture". Victorian Architecture. World of Art. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 148. Buildings completed De Zwaluw, Hoogeveen, smock mill, Netherlands, built for Lucas Quirinus Robaard and Karsjen Meeuwes Steenbergen.http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=331 Geschiedenis De Hollandsche Molen Dutch 2009-09-10 Gurgi Mosque, Tripoli, Libya. Final reconstruction of the Presidential Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania, by Vasily Stasov. Reconstruction of the Narva Triumphal Arch in Saint Petersburg in stone by Vasily Stasov. Awards Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Paul-Eugène Lequeux. Births March 11 – E. W. Pugin, English ecclesiastical architect (d. 1875) March 24 – William Morris, English artist, writer and conservationist (d. 1896) April 5 – Robert Rowand Anderson, Scottish architect (d. 1921) April 7 – Alfred B. Mullett, English-born American architect (d. 1890) thumb|upright|Thomas Telford May 23 – Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (d. 1891) August 2 – Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (d. 1904) Date unknown – Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (d. 1894) Deaths September 2 – Thomas Telford, Scottish-born stonemason, architect and civil engineer (b. 1757) September 5 – Thomas Lee, English architect (b. 1794) References Architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:19th-century architecture