1837 in architecture

none 1837 architecture The year 1837 in architecture involved some significant events. Events January 11 – The Royal Institute of British Architects in London (RIBA) is granted its royal charter. January 20 – Death of English neo-classical architect Sir John Soane gives effect to the creation of his London house as Sir John Soane's Museum. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1837 Buildings thumb|Euston station June 10 – Galerie des Batailles at the Palace of Versailles in France, designed by Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine with Frédéric Nepveu, is opened. July 13 – Christ Church, Albany Street, designed by James Pennethorne, is consecrated. July 20 – Euston railway station, the first main line station in London, is opened, incorporating the Euston Arch designed by Philip Hardwick (demolished 1961).Smithson Alison Smithson Peter Alison and Peter Smithson The Euston Arch and the growth of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Thames & Hudson 1968 London "Great Stove" or Conservatory at Chatsworth House in England, designed by Joseph Paxton, is begun; it is the largest glass building in the world at this time (demolished 1923).Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Hitchcock Henry-Russell Henry-Russell Hitchcock 1977 Penguin Books Harmondsworth 0-14-056115-3 177 registration https://archive.org/details/architecturenine00hitc/page/177 Major reconstruction of Penrhyn Castle in North Wales by Thomas Hopper is largely completed.M. H. Port Hopper, Thomas (1776–1856) 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13763 2013-01-23 10.1093/ref:odnb/13763 Rock Park, Rock Ferry, England, laid out by Jonathan Bennison. Awards Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Baptiste Guenepin. Births thumb|upright|John Soane 28 May – George Ashlin, Irish architect (died 1921) 4 June – Jean-Louis Pascal, French architect (died 1920) 11 December – Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (died 1887) 15 December – George B. Post, American architect (died 1913) Deaths January 20 – Sir John Soane, English architect (born 1753) References Architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:19th-century architecture