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The year '''1834 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

== Events ==
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Burning of Parliament]]: Much of the [[Palace of Westminster]] in London is destroyed by fire. [[Augustus Pugin]] is among the witnesses.
* The Institute of British Architects in London, predecessor of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]], is formed.
* First published scholarly description and drawings of a [[stave church]], painter [[Johannes Flintoe]]'s essay on [[Heddal Stave Church]] in ''Samlinger til det Norske Folks Sprog og Historie'' ([[Oslo|Christiania]]).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014082208009|title=Heddal stavkirke|last=Bugge|first=Anders|publisher=Grøndahl|year=1954|location=Oslo}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1834}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Birmingham-Town-Hall-artists-impression.jpg|thumb|[[Birmingham Town Hall]]]]
* [[August 30]] &ndash; The [[Alexander Column]], Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by [[Auguste de Montferrand]], is unveiled.
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Birmingham Town Hall]] in [[Birmingham]], [[England]], designed by [[Joseph Hansom]] and [[Edward Welch (architect)|Edward Welch]], is opened for the start of the Music Festival, already delayed by a year because of lack of funds.<ref>Dixon, Roger; Muthesius, Stefan (1985) [1978]. "Monumental Public Architecture". ''Victorian Architecture''. World of Art. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 148.</ref>

===Buildings completed===
* [[De Zwaluw, Hoogeveen]], smock mill, Netherlands, built for Lucas Quirinus Robaard and Karsjen Meeuwes Steenbergen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=331|title=Geschiedenis|publisher=De Hollandsche Molen|language=Dutch|access-date=2009-09-10}}</ref>
* [[Gurgi Mosque]], Tripoli, Libya.
* Final reconstruction of the [[Presidential Palace, Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]], by [[Vasily Stasov]].
* Reconstruction of the [[Narva Triumphal Arch]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] in stone by Vasily Stasov.

== Awards ==
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: Paul-Eugène Lequeux.

== Births ==
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[E. W. Pugin]], [[English people|English]] ecclesiastical architect (d. [[1875 in architecture|1875]])
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[William Morris]], English artist, writer and conservationist (d. [[1896 in architecture|1896]])
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Robert Rowand Anderson]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] architect (d. [[1921 in architecture|1921]])
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Alfred B. Mullett]], English-born [[United States|American]] architect (d. [[1890 in architecture|1890]])
[[File:ThomasTelford.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Thomas Telford]]]]
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis]], [[Latvians|Latvian]] architect (d. [[1891 in architecture|1891]])
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Bartholdi]], [[French people|French]] sculptor (d. [[1904 in architecture|1904]])
* Date unknown &ndash; [[Giorgio Costantino Schinas]], Maltese architect and civil engineer (d. [[1894 in architecture|1894]])

== Deaths ==
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Thomas Telford]], Scottish-born stonemason, architect and civil engineer (b. [[1757 in architecture|1757]])
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Thomas Lee (1794—1834)|Thomas Lee]], English architect (b. [[1794 in architecture|1794]])

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