1828 in architecture explained

The year 1828 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Openings

• July 17 – Stone Kingston Bridge, London, designed by Edward Lapidge.
• October 25 – St Katharine Docks in London, designed by Philip Hardwick.

Completions

• St Stephen's Church, Edinburgh, designed by William Henry Playfair.
• St John on Bethnal Green, London, designed by John Soane.
• Second Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, India.
• Jašiūnai Manor, Lithuania, designed by Karol Podczaszyński.

• Raczyński Library, Poznań, Poland.
• Kremlin Arsenal, Moscow, Russia.
• Pont de l'Archevêché, Paris, France.
• Chaudière Bridge, Ottawa, Canada, designed by Colonel John By.
• Kings Bridge, Dublin, Ireland, designed by George Papworth.
• Western Pavilion, Brighton, UK, designed by Amon Henry Wilds.
• Westminster Arcade in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, built by Russell Warren and James Bucklin.

Events

• Heinrich Hübsch's In welchem Style sollen wir bauen? ("In which style should we build?") is published.
• Completion of restoration work on Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, an early example of building restoration in the United States.

Births

• June 9 – George Goldie, English church architect (died 1887)
• June 15 – Thomas Newenham Deane, Irish architect (died 1899)

Deaths

• March 12 – William Stretton, English architect, 72
• March 28 – William Thornton, British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect, 68