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==1840s== *'''[[1849 in architecture|1849]]''' – [[John Ruskin]]'s ''[[The Seven Lamps of Architecture]]'' is published. *'''[[1848 in architecture|1848]]''' – Construction begins on the [[Washington Monument]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], though it will not be completed until 1885. *'''[[1847 in architecture|1847]]''' – 24 August, birth of [[Charles Follen McKim]] (died 1909). *'''[[1846 in architecture|1846]]''' – 4 September, birth of [[Daniel Burnham]] of the firm Burnham and Root. *'''[[1845 in architecture|1845]]''' – [[Trafalgar Square]] in London, designed by Charles Barry and [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], is completed. *'''[[1844 in architecture|1844]]''' – [[Uspensky Cathedral (Ukraine)|Uspensky Cathedral]] in [[Kharkiv, Ukraine]] is completed. *'''[[1843 in architecture|1843]]''' – Construction begins on [[Henri Labrouste]]'s [[Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève]] in Paris. *'''[[1842 in architecture|1842]]''' – The [[Église de la Madeleine]] is finally consecrated in Paris as a [[Church (building)|church]]. *'''[[1841 in architecture|1841]]''' – Birth of Otto Wagner. *'''[[1840 in architecture|1840]]''' – Construction begins on the [[Houses of Parliament]] in London, designed by [[Sir Charles Barry]] and [[Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin]].
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