Editing 1816 in architecture

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The year '''1816 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* February – [[Carl Ludvig Engel]] is appointed architect for the reconstruction of [[Helsinki]].
* In [[Paris]], the ''[[Académie royale d'architecture]]'' merges with the ''[[Académie de peinture et de sculpture]]'' (the French Academy) to become the [[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts]], the French National School of Fine Arts.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1816}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Greater Church of the Ascension - Moscow, Russia - panoramio.jpg|thumb|The [[Greater Church of the Ascension]] in Moscow, Russia]]
[[File:Ireland 256 bg 062202.jpg|thumb|[[O'Donovan Rossa Bridge|Richmond Bridge]], Dublin]]
* [[First Church of Christ, Unitarian|First Church of Christ, Lancaster]], Massachusetts, designed by [[Charles Bulfinch]], is built.
* [[First Unitarian Church of Providence]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], designed by [[John Holden Greene]], is completed.
* [[:File:Karlsruhe Evangelische Stadtkirche meph666-2004-Feb-25-b.jpg|Karlsruhe Stadtkirche]] (Baden), designed by [[Friedrich Weinbrenner]], is completed.
* [[Greater Church of the Ascension]] in Moscow, attributed to [[Matvey Kazakov]] or [[Ivan Starov]], is completed.
* Stone [[Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God in Khanty-Mansiysk]], Russia, designed by Shangin, is completed about this date.
* Circular church of [[San Francesco di Paola (Naples)]] is completed.
* [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow|St Andrew's Church, Glasgow]], Scotland (Roman Catholic), designed by [[James Gillespie Graham]], is completed.
* [[:File:Nexus Walcot Methodist Church, Bath - geograph.org.uk - 3897313.jpg|Walcot Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bath]], England, designed by Rev. William Jenkins, is completed.
* [[Wellington Rooms, Liverpool]], England, designed by [[Edmund Aikin]], are completed.
* [[Fredericksburg Town Hall and Market Square]] in [[Virginia]] are completed.
* [[Lancaster Moor Hospital|Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum]] in England, designed by Thomas Standen, is opened.
* [[Sydney Mint|South Wing of Sydney Hospital]] in Australia is completed.
* [[Lenox Library (Massachusetts)|Berkshire County Courthouse]], [[Lenox, Massachusetts]], is completed.
* [[Théâtre des Funambules]] in Paris is built.
* [[Lord Hill's Column]] in [[Shrewsbury]], England, designed by [[Edward Haycock, Sr.]] and [[Thomas Harrison (architect)|Thomas Harrison]], is completed.
* [[Tenantry Column]] in [[Alnwick]], England, designed by David Stephenson, is erected.
* [[Vauxhall Bridge]], originally known as Regent Bridge, crossing the [[River Thames]] in central [[London]], designed by [[James Walker (engineer)|James Walker]], is opened; it is replaced in [[1895 in architecture|1895]]–[[1906 in architecture|1906]].
* [[O'Donovan Rossa Bridge|Richmond Bridge]], crossing the [[River Liffey]] in [[Dublin]], Ireland, designed by [[James Savage (architect)|James Savage]], is opened.<ref>{{Structurae|id=20005737|title=O'Donovan Rossa Bridge}}</ref>
* The [[Ha'penny Bridge]] (Wellington Bridge), crossing the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, is erected.
* [[Spider Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill]] in [[Pennsylvania]] is erected by ironmakers Josiah White and Erskine Hazard, the first wire-cable [[suspension bridge]] in history.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Peterson|first=Charles E.|title=The Spider Bridge: a curious work at the Falls of Schuylkill, 1816|journal=Canal History and Technology Proceedings|volume=5|date=1986-03-22|pages=243–59}}</ref>
* Design of [[Bahu Begum ka Maqbara]] in [[Faizabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] by Darab Ali Khan.

==Awards==
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Lucien Van Cleemputte]].

==Births==
*[[July 11]] – [[Frans-Andries Durlet]], Belgian architect and sculptor (died [[1867 in architecture|1867]])
*[[August 9]] – [[Patrick Keely]], Irish-American architect based in Brooklyn (died [[1896 in architecture|1896]])<ref>{{cite web|last=Decker |first=Kevin F. |url=http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/kevin.decker/Research%20Information/Keely.htm |title=Patrick Charles Keely (1816–1896) |publisher=University of Plattsburgh |location=New York |year=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027094839/https://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/kevin.decker/Research%20Information/Keely.htm |archive-date=2009-10-27 }}</ref>
*[[August 29]] – [[Gridley James Fox Bryant]], Boston architect and builder (died [[1899 in architecture|1899]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Roger G.|last=Reed|url=https://archive.org/details/buildingvictoria0000reed|url-access=registration|title=Building Victorian Boston: the architecture of Gridley J.F. Bryant|publisher=University of Massachusetts Press|year=2007|isbn=978-1-55849-555-5}}</ref>

==Deaths==
*[[April 3]] – [[Thomas Machin]], English-born canal builder and military engineer in the United States (born [[1744 in architecture|1744]])

==References==
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[[Category:Years in architecture]]
[[Category:19th-century architecture]]