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The year 1857 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

  • September 17 – Official opening of the Municipal Theatre of Santiago, Chile.
  • American Institute of Architects (AIA) founded.

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

thumb|[[Schwerin Palace]]

  • Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, designed by George Meade.
  • Ahırkapı Feneri (lighthouse), Istanbul, Turkey, designed by French engineers.
  • Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Thomas Gildard and H. M. McFarlane.
  • Old Town Hall, Silkeborg, Denmark, designed by H. C. Zeltner.
  • Schwerin Palace, Mecklenburg, largely designed by .
  • Borujerdis House, Kashan, Persia, designed by Ustad Ali Maryam.
  • Pont Saint-Michel, Paris, France, designed by Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie and Paul Vaudrey.
  • Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France, completed by Théodore Ballu to the design of Franz Christian Gau.
  • All Saints' Church, Maidenhead, England, designed and with murals painted by George Edmund Street, with associated school.
  • Museum, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, designed by Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward.
  • United States Custom House, designed by Ammi B. Young, opens in Providence, Rhode Island
  • Zeldenrust, Zuidbarge smock mill, Netherlands.

Awards

  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Owen Jones.
  • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Joseph Heim.

Births

  • January 18 – William Lethaby, English Arts and Crafts architect and designer (died 1931)
  • March 31 – John James Burnet, Scottish architect (died 1938)
  • May 28 – Charles Voysey, English Arts and Crafts designer and domestic architect (died 1941)

thumb|upright|[[William Henry Playfair]]

  • July 4 – John Campbell, Scottish architect (died 1942)
  • August 12 – Marc Camoletti, Swiss architect (died 1940)
  • September 1 – W. D. Caröe, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1938)

Deaths

  • March 19 – William Henry Playfair, English-born neoclassical architect working in New Town, Edinburgh (born 1790)
  • December 9 – Thomas Oliver, English neoclassical architect working in Newcastle upon Tyne (born 1791)

References