Overview of the events of 1863 in architecture
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The year 1863 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- January 10 – The Metropolitan Railway, London, England, is opened, the world's first underground railway (engineer: John Fowler).
- December 2 – The Statue of Freedom is set on top of the new dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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- The École des Beaux-Arts in Paris becomes independent of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
- William Burges is declared winner of the competition to design the new Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork (Church of Ireland), his first major commission.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- March 2 – Clapham Junction railway station, London.
- October 18 – Befreiungshalle memorial above Kelheim in Bavaria, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner and completed by Leo von Klenze, is inaugurated.
- October 27 – Leeuwarden railway station in the Netherlands, designed by Charles van Brederode.
- December 13 – Gulen Church, Eivindvik, Norway, designed by Georg Andreas Bull, consecrated by Dean Thomas Erichsen.
Buildings completed
- Berns Salonger, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Smíchov Synagogue, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Kelham Hall near Newark-on-Trent, England, designed by George Gilbert Scott.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Anthony Salvin.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Emmanuel Brune [fr].
Births
- April 3 – Henry van de Velde, Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (died 1957)
- May 17 – C. R. Ashbee, English interior designer (died 1942)
- October 21 – Sir George Troup, New Zealand architect, engineer and statesman (died 1941)
- December 16 – Ralph Adams Cram, American architect of academic and ecclesiastical buildings (died 1942)
- W. G. R. Sprague, Australian-born British theatre architect (died 1933)
Deaths
- June 16 – Ludwig Förster, Austrian religious architect (died 1797)
- September 17 – Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist and writer (born 1788)
- October 9 – Andrew Egan, Irish architect and builder (born c.1810)
- October 28 – William Cubitt, English building and civil engineering contractor and politician (born 1791)
- December 29 – Joseph John Scoles, English Catholic architect (born 1798)
References
- Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1863". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- Gale, Robert L. Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1964, p. 190
- Lawrence, David; Wilson, Ann (2006). The Cathedral of St Fin Barre at Cork: William Burges in Ireland. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-84682-023-6.
- "Gulen kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- "Smichov's historical holdout (June 19, 2003)". Prague Post. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- Berko, P.; Berko, V. (1981). Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875. Knokke. pp. 684–85.
- Watkin, David (1974). The Life and Work of C. R. Cockerell. Zwemmer. ISBN 0-302-02571-5.
- Goggin, Deirdre (2004). "The Mark of a Man: The Life of Andrew Egan, Builder and Architect of Tuam". Journal of the Old Tuam Society. 1: 39–62.
- Brodie, Antonia; Library, British Architectural; Architects, Royal Institute of British (2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z). A&C Black. p. 553. ISBN 9780826455147.