1823 in architecture

The year 1823 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1823

Buildings

St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol

• Work begins on the British Museum in London, designed by Robert Smirke (later Sir Robert).
• Work begins on the Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, which is completed in 1830.
• Work completed on St George's Church, Brandon Hill in Bristol, England, designed by Robert Smirke in Greek Revival style.
• Work completed on the Primary Cathedral of Bogotá, Colombia.
• Work completed on the Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg designed by Andreyan Zakharov in 1806.
• Work completed on the core of Massachusetts General Hospital, Bulfinch Building, designed by Charles Bulfinch.
• Opening of Horton Road Hospital as the First Gloucestershire County Asylum in England, designed by William Stark, John Wheeler and John Collingwood.
• William Strickland builds St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, United States, one of the first Gothic revival buildings.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Félix Duban.^[1]

Births

• March 8 – Thomas Fuller, Canadian architect (died 1898)
• July 7 – Francis Fowke, Anglo-Irish architect and military engineer (died 1865)
• July 23 – Edwin May, American architect working in Indianapolis (died 1880)^[2]
• August 18 – John Thomas Emmett, English architect (died 1898)
• September 21 – Charles Barry, Jr., English architect (died 1900)

Deaths

• June 16 – Archibald Elliot, Scottish architect (born 1761)
• August 16 – Louis-Martin Berthault, French architect (born 1770)
• Edward Holl, English architect to the Navy Board