1852 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1852 in architecture
The year 1852 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
King's Cross railway station.
British House of Commons.
- January 1 – Battle railway station, East Sussex (England), designed by William Tress, is opened.
- February 3 – The House of Commons of the United Kingdom in the Palace of Westminster, London (England) designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, is opened.
- May 15 – Teatro Comunale Alighieri in Ravenna, designed by Tommaso and Giambattista Meduna, is opened.
- October 14 – London King's Cross railway station, designed by Lewis Cubitt, is opened.[4]
- Helsinki Cathedral, Finland, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, is completed.
- Chapel of St Edmund's College, Ware, England, designed by Augustus Pugin in 1845, is completed.
- Rolle Mausoleum, Bicton, Devon, England, reconstructed by Augustus Pugin, is completed.
- Siegestor (Victory Gate) in Munich, Bavaria, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner, is completed by Eduard Mezger.
- Åmodt bro suspension bridge, Oslo, Norway.
- Philippi Covered Bridge, West Virginia, United States.[5]
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