1836 in architecture

Overview of the events of 1836 in architecture

List of years in architecture

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The year 1836 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1836

### Buildings

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The Inverness Castle, Scotland

* January – Charles Barry wins the competition for the design of a new Palace of Westminster in London in Gothic Revival style.
* January 26 – Lansdowne Bridge in Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia, designed by David Lennox, is opened.[1]
* May 5 – St Ignatius Church, Preston, Lancashire, England, designed by Joseph John Scoles, is opened.[2]
* July 29 – The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, completed by Jean Chalgrin following the death of Louis-Étienne Héricart de Thury, is inaugurated.
* October 4 – Rebuilt Christiania Theatre opens in Norway.
* Fleetwood Customs House in England, designed by Decimus Burton, is completed.
* Mexican Hothouse in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, by Charles Rohault de Fleury, is completed; an early example of French glass and metal architecture.
* Glynnwood Plantation is built in Glynn, near Pointe Coupee, Louisiana.[3]
* Inverness Castle, Scotland, designed by William Burn, is built.

## Publications

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* August 4 – A. W. N. Pugin publishes his Contrasts, a treatise on the morality of Catholic Gothic architecture.

## Awards

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* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Louis-Florimond Boulanger and Jean-Jacques Clerget.

## Births

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* March 2 – E. R. Robson, English architect specialising in schools (died 1917)
* March 20 – James Cubitt, English architect specialising in nonconformist chapels (died 1912)

## Deaths

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* June 7 – Henry A. Baker, Irish architect (born 1753)

## References

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1. ^ "Lansdowne Bridge over Prospect Creek". Heritage and conservation register. Roads & Maritime Services, New South Wales Government. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
2. ^ "St Ignatius, Preston – Roman Catholic". GENUKI. 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
3. ^ Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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