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Overview of the events of 1856 in architecture
The year 1856 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Esztergom Basilica, Hungary
The
Parliament House, Melbourne, Australia
- Debating chambers of
Parliament House, Melbourne,
Australia, designed by General
Charles Pasley
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Dolmabahçe Palace in
Istanbul, Turkey.
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Landherrnamt, Bremen, Germany, designed by
Alexander Schröder in the
Neo-Romanesque style
[4]
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Walnut Hall, Toronto, Canada, designed by John Tully as O'Donohoe Row (demolished 2007)
[5]
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January 7 –
Sydney Mitchell, Scottish architect (died
1930)
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January 21 –
Gustaf Nyström, Finnish architect (died
1917)
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February 12 –
Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (died
1934)
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August 5 –
Axel Berg, Danish architect (died
1929)
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September 3 –
Louis Sullivan, American architect, "father of skyscrapers"
[6] (died
1924)
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September 23 –
John Bilson, English architect and architectural historian (died
1943)
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October 30 –
Edward Prioleau Warren, English architect (died
1937)
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December 20 –
Reginald Blomfield, English architect (died
1942)
- date unknown –
Eugène Vallin, French architect, furniture designer and manufacturer (died
1922)
Robert Reid