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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
- 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.
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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.
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Rolle Mausoleum,
Bicton, Devon, England, reconstructed by Augustus Pugin, is completed.
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Siegestor (Victory Gate) in
Munich, Bavaria, designed by
Friedrich von Gärtner, is completed by
Eduard Mezger.
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Åmodt bro suspension bridge, Oslo, Norway.
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Philippi Covered Bridge, West Virginia, United States.
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Awards
Births
Deaths
References