Editing 1850 in architecture

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The year '''1850 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[November 1]] – Foundation stone laid for church of [[All Saints, Margaret Street]], London, designed by [[William Butterfield]]. supervised by Beresford Hope for the [[Cambridge Camden Society]] as a model of the [[High Victorian Gothic]] [[Ecclesiology|ecclesiological]] style.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1850}}
===Buildings completed===
[[File:Salle de lecture Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve n03.jpg|thumb|[[Sainte-Geneviève Library]] reading room]]
* [[Bratsberg Church]], Trondheim, Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strindahistorielag.no/wiki/index.php?title=Bratsberg_kirke|title=Bratsberg kirke|language=Norwegian|access-date=2011-04-15|publisher=Strinda historielag}}</ref>
* [[Hillsgrove Covered Bridge]], Pennsylvania, USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp|title=Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Geographic Information System|publisher=[[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]]; [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]]|format=Searchable database|access-date=2011-01-12|archive-date=2007-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Britannia Bridge]] in North Wales, engineered by [[Robert Stephenson]], is opened.
* [[Newcastle railway station]] in the north-east of England, designed by [[John Dobson (architect)|John Dobson]], is opened.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Gordon|last1=Biddle|last2=Nock|first2=Oswald|authorlink2=Oswald Nock|title=The Railway Heritage of Britain|location=London|publisher=Michael Joseph|year=1983|isbn=0-7181-2355-7}}</ref>
* [[Sainte-Geneviève Library]] in [[Paris]], designed by [[Henri Labrouste]], is completed, the first major public building with an exposed [[Cast-iron architecture|cast-iron frame]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Marvin|last1=Trachtenberg|first2=Isabelle|last2=Hyman|title=Architecture: from Prehistory to Post-Modernism – the Western tradition|location=London|publisher=Academy Editions|year=1986|isbn=0-85670-899-2|page=478}}</ref>
* [[Château de Boursault]], France, designed by [[Jean-Jacques Arveuf-Fransquin]].
* [[Peckforton Castle]], England, designed by [[Anthony Salvin]].
* [[Vĩnh Tràng Temple]], [[Mỹ Tho]], Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhismtoday.com/viet/pgvn/chua/002-danhlamnuocviet3.htm|language=Vietnamese|title=Các chùa Nam Bộ|author=Võ Văn Tường|publisher=[[Buddhism Today]]|access-date=2008-05-30}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – Victor Louvet
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Charles Barry]]

==Births==
* January 10 – [[John Wellborn Root]], Chicago-based US architect (died [[1891 in architecture|1891]])
* February 17 – [[Frank Darling (architect)|Frank Darling]], Canadian architect associated with Toronto (died [[1923 in architecture|1923]])
* November 15 – [[Victor Laloux]], French Beaux-Arts architect and teacher (died [[1937 in architecture|1937]])
* December 21 – [[Lluís Domènech i Montaner]], Spanish-Catalan architect, a leader of [[Modernisme català]], the Catalan Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement (died [[1927 in architecture|1927]])
* [[Robert Worley (architect)|Robert Worley]], English architect (died [[1930 in architecture|1930]])
[[File:Muller-grandjean-mnba.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Auguste-Henri-Victor Grandjean de Montigny]]]]

==Deaths==
* February 19 – [[François Debret]], French architect (born [[1777 in architecture|1777]])
* March 2 – [[Auguste-Henri-Victor Grandjean de Montigny]], French architect influential in Brazil (born [[1776 in architecture|1776]])
* May 8 – [[Antonio Niccolini (architect)|Antonio Niccolini]], Italian architect, scenic designer, and engraver (born [[1772 in architecture|1772]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K4FtBaaM0xMC|title=Houses and Monuments of Pompeii: The Work of Fausto and Felice Niccolini|author1=Cassanelli, Roberto |author2=Ciapparelli, Pier Luigi |author3=Colle, Enrico |author4=David, Massimiliano |year=2001|page=23|isbn=9780892366842}}</ref>
* July 12 – [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]], Scottish lighthouse engineer (born [[1772 in architecture|1772]])
* September 5 — [[John Holden Greene]], American architect based in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (born [[1777 in architecture|1777]])

==References==
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