Editing 1853 in architecture

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The year '''1853 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[June 30]] – [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann]] is selected as ''[[Prefect (France)|préfect]]'' of the [[Seine (department)]] to begin the re-planning of [[Paris]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1853}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Fastnet Carraig Aonair.jpg| thumb |right|[[Fastnet Rock|Fastnet Lighthouse]]]]
* [[Fastnet Rock]] Lighthouse is completed at the most southerly point of Ireland.
* The [[New York Crystal Palace]] is constructed for the [[Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations]] in [[New York City]].
* The [[1 Hanover Square|New York Cotton Exchange]] building is completed in [[New York City]].
* [[Rhode Island Tool Company building]] is completed in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].
* [[Charlbury railway station]] in Oxfordshire, England, designed by [[I. K. Brunel]], is opened.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gordon|last=Biddle|title=Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-866247-5}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Robert Smirke (architect)|Robert Smirke]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[Arthur-Stanislas Diet]].

==Births==
* [[February 26]] – [[Antonio Rivas Mercado]], Mexican architect, engineer and restorer (died [[1927 in architecture|1927]])<ref>{{cite book|editor=Turner, Jane|year=1996|title=The Dictionary of Art|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofart06turn|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries|isbn=1-884446-00-0}}</ref>
* [[June 21]] – [[Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint]], Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist (died [[1930 in architecture|1930]])
* [[August 28]] (August 16 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) – [[Vladimir Shukhov]], Russian structural engineer (died [[1939 in architecture|1939]])
* [[September 11]] – [[Stanford White]], American architect (died [[1906 in architecture|1906]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Baker, Paul R.|title=Stanny: The Gilded Life of Stanford White|publisher=The Free Press|location=New York|year=1989|isbn=0-02-901781-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/stannygildedlife00bake}}</ref>

==Deaths==
* [[December 12]] – [[William Nichols (architect)|William Nichols]], English-born American Neoclassical architect (born [[1780 in architecture|1780]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mellown, Robert O. |author2=Peatross, C. Ford |year=1979|title=William Nichols, architect|location=Tuscaloosa|publisher=University of Alabama Art Gallery|pages=1–6}}</ref>

==References==
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