1835 in architecture explained
The year 1835 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- June 2–December 1 – Competition for the design of a new in London, to be in Gothic or Elizabethan style.[1]
- June 6 – Augustus Pugin is received into the Roman Catholic Church in a chapel in Salisbury, England, restored by himself. At about this time he also writes his first controversial publication, the pamphlet Letter to A. W. Hakewill, architect, in answer to his reflections on the style for rebuilding the Houses of Parliament.
- Late – The Sharpe, Paley and Austin architectural practice is established by Edmund Sharpe in Lancaster, England.
- Robert Mills starts to construct the Old Patent Office Building, Washington, D.C., United States.
- Eugène Viollet-le-Duc is commissioned by Prosper Mérimée to restore Vézelay Abbey, the first of many restorations by him.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- Royal Manchester Institution, England, by Charles Barry (core of Manchester Art Gallery).
- Redesign of Buckingham Palace, London, by John Nash.
- St Mary's Church, Westley, Suffolk, England, designed by William Ranger, an early example of concrete construction, using poured mass concrete and precast blocks[2] combined with a functional hammerbeam roof of cast iron.
- New Hurley Reformed Church, New York.
- Pawiak, prison in Warsaw, Poland (destroyed in 1944).[3]
- Warehouse at Ellesmere Port, England, by Thomas Telford (destroyed by fire in 1970).
- St Marie's Grange, Salisbury, England, a house by Augustus Pugin for himself (built January–September).
Awards
Births
Deaths
Notes and References
- Book: Hill, Rosemary. God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain. Penguin Books . London. Paperback. 2008. 978-0-14-028099-9.
- Web site: St Mary's Westley. Westley Parish Council. 2018-12-17.
- http://www.muzeumniepodleglosci.art.pl/pawiak_-_historia_wiezienia.php History of the prison
- Encyclopedia: Paul Due. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Åse Moe. Torvanger. Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo . Norwegian. 2010-08-03. Knut Helle.