1855 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1855 in architecture
The year 1855 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
Palais de l'Industrie
Victoria Tower
- The Palais de l'Industrie for the Exposition Universelle in Paris, France, mainly designed by the architect Jean-Marie-Victor Viel and the engineer Alexis Barrault.
- Église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile [fr] in Paris, designed by Louis-Auguste Boileau, is completed.
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Preston, Lancashire, England, designed by E. H. Shellard, is completed.
- The Old Stone Church (Cleveland, Ohio) in the United States, designed by Charles Heard and Simeon Porter.
- Church of Saint Bartholomew, Brugherio in Italy, rebuilt to the design of Giacomo Moraglia, is completed.
- St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney, Ireland (Roman Catholic), to the design of Augustus Pugin following his death.
- The Victoria Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, as The King's Tower, designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin.
- Neues Museum, Berlin, Prussia, designed by Friedrich August Stüler.
- The original Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., to the 1846 design of James Renwick Jr.
- Fremantle Prison in Western Australia, opened.
Awards
Births
Mihály Pollack
Deaths
- January 5 – Mihály Pollack, Austrian-born Neoclassical architect working in Pest, Hungary (born 1773)
- March 3 – Robert Mills, American architect, designer of the Washington Monument (born 1781)
- March 11 – James Gillespie Graham, Scottish architect (born 1776)
- March 27 – Richard Cromwell Carpenter, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1812)
- September 12 – John McCurdy, Irish architect, official architect to Trinity College, Dublin (born 1824)[2]
- December 20 – Thomas Cubitt, English master builder (born 1785)[3]
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