Editing 1817 in architecture

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The year '''1817 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1817}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Dulwich picture gallery at sunset.jpg|thumb|[[Dulwich Picture Gallery]]]]
* [[Dulwich Picture Gallery]] in [[London]], designed by [[John Soane]] as the first purpose-built public [[art gallery]] in England, is completed and opened.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dunn|first1=Daisy|title=The history of Dulwich Picture Gallery|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8177412/The-history-of-Dulwich-Picture-Gallery.html|website=Telegraph|access-date=20 March 2018|date=2 December 2010}}</ref>
* The first [[Waterloo Bridge]] in London, designed by [[John Rennie the Elder]], is completed.
* The [[Second Bank of the United States]], in [[Philadelphia]], designed by [[William Strickland (architect)|William Strickland]], starts to operate.
* In [[Nassau, Bahamas]], the [[lighthouse]] on Hog Island is built, replacing that at [[Fort Pincastle]] (built in [[1793 in architecture|1793]]).
* [[Church of St. James the Great, Sedgley]], in the [[Black Country]] of [[England]], designed by [[Thomas Lee (Jnr)|Thomas Lee]], is completed although not opened until 1823.
* [[Belsay Hall]] in [[Northumberland]], England, designed for himself by [[Sir Charles Monck, 6th Baronet]], probably with [[John Dobson (architect)|John Dobson]], is completed.
* [[Lough Cutra Castle]] in Ireland, designed by [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], is completed.

==Publications==
* [[Thomas Rickman]] – ''An Attempt to discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation'', the first systematic treatise on [[Gothic architecture]].

==Awards==
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: Antoine Garnaud.

==Births==
* January 6 – [[James Joseph McCarthy]], Irish architect (died [[1882 in architecture|1882]])
* April 9 – [[Alexander Thomson]], Scottish [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] architect (died [[1875 in architecture|1875]])
* April 15 – [[John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon]], English [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] architect (died [[1877 in architecture|1877]])
* May 19 – [[George John Vulliamy]], English architect (died [[1886 in architecture|1886]])
* June 2 – [[John Gibson (architect)|John Gibson]], English architect (died [[1892 in architecture|1892]])
* July 5 – [[John Loughborough Pearson]], British architect (died [[1897 in architecture|1897]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goold|first1=David|title=John Loughborough Pearson – Dictionary of Scottish Architects|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202441|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Thomas (architect)|Thomas Thomas]], Welsh chapel architect and minister (died [[1888 in architecture|1888]])

==Deaths==
* July 19 – [[John Palmer (Bath architect)|John Palmer]], English architect working in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] (born c.[[1738 in architecture|1738]])
* September 8 – [[John Carter (architect)|John Carter]],  English draughtsman and architect (born [[1748 in architecture|1748]])
* November 5 – [[Carl Haller von Hallerstein]], German-born architect and archaeologist (born [[1774 in architecture|1774]])

==References==
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[[Category:1817 works|Architecture]]
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[[Category:19th-century architecture]]