Editing 1863 in architecture (section)

==Events==
[[File:Metropolitan Underground Railway stations.jpg|thumb|London]]
* [[January 10]] – The [[Metropolitan Railway]], [[London]], England, is opened, the world's first [[Rapid transit|underground railway]] (engineer: [[Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet|John Fowler]]).<ref>{{cite book|chapter=1863|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] – The [[Statue of Freedom]] is set on top of the new dome of the [[United States Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>Gale, Robert L. ''Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor'', University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1964, p. 190</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** The [[École des Beaux-Arts]] in [[Paris]] becomes independent of the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]].
** [[William Burges]] is declared winner of the competition to design the new [[Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]] ([[Church of Ireland]]), his first major commission.<ref>{{cite book|first1=David|last1=Lawrence|first2=Ann|last2=Wilson|title=The Cathedral of St Fin Barre at Cork: William Burges in Ireland|year=2006|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press|isbn=978-1-84682-023-6|page=19}}</ref>