1847 in architecture

The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• May – The Architectural Association School of Architecture is founded in London.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• March 31 – The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father Félix Martin.
• April 15 – Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry with decoration by Augustus Pugin.
• June 28 – Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
• June 30 – Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
• August 3 – Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
• September 10 – Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite.
• November – Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood.
• First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg.

Buildings completed

• Madina Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.
• St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic), Rugby, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
• , Rampisham, Dorset, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Louis-Jules André.

Births

• March 21 – Fredrik Olaus Lindström, Swedish city architect (died 1919)
• April 16 – Hans Auer, Austrian architect (died 1906)
• June 9 – Alajos Hauszmann, Austro-Hungarian architect and professor (died 1926)
• August 24 – Charles Follen McKim, American architect (died 1909)

• date unknown
• John Beswicke, Australian architect and surveyor (died 1925)
• Alexandru Săvulescu, Romanian architect (died 1902)

Deaths

• March 23 – Archibald Simpson, Scottish architect practicing in Aberdeen (born 1790)
• October 13 – Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, English architect, pioneer in the study of Medieval Gothic architecture (born 1787)
• November 26 – Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, English architect, designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool (born 1814; consumption)

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