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1813 In Architecture
The year 1813 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures {{See also, Buildings and structures completed in 1813 Buildings * The Theatre Royal, Plymouth, England, designed by John Foulston, is opened. * 3 Abbey Road, London (later a recording studio) * Executive Mansion, Richmond, Virginia, official residence of the governor of Virginia in the United States, designed by Alexander Parris, is completed * Palacio de Mineria in Mexico City, designed by Manuel Tolsá, is completed. * Façade of Milan Cathedral Milan Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Milano ; lmo, Domm de Milan ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary ( it, Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente, links=no), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombard ..., designed by Pellicani, is completed. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Auguste Caristie Births * January 6 – Charles Lanyon, English architect associated with Belfast (died 1889 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Mansion Richmond 1905
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February 23
Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. * 628 – Khosrow II, last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown. * 705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty. * 1455 – Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. 1601–1900 * 1763 – Berbice slave uprising in Guyana: The first major slave revolt in South America. * 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help to train the Continental Army. * 1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested. *1836 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Cachia
Antonio Cachia (1739–1813) was a Maltese architect, civil and military engineer and archaeologist who was active in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was the son of the architect Gio Domenico Cachia, who was possibly the same person as Domenico Cachia, the ''capomastro'' who supervised the construction of Auberge de Castille. He was a cousin of Michele Cachia, another architect and military engineer. Cachia became ''Capomastro delle Opere'' in 1779. In 1787, he received the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the Golden Spur by Pope Pius VI. He was in charge of works on various fortifications, including the upgrading of Fort Ricasoli and the construction of Fort Tigné. In Valletta, he designed or built the Church of St. Dominic, the Church of St. Augustine and St. Catherine's Monastery. He is said to have completed the Bibliotheca, which had been designed by Stefano Ittar. Cachia also designed several gardens, including the ''Ġonna tal-Kmand'' in various lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1739 In Architecture
Events Buildings and structures Buildings * Holy Trinity Church (Berlin), designed by Christian August Naumann, completed. * Church of Santa Felicita, Florence, rebuilt by Ferdinando Ruggieri, completed. * Church of Saint Ildefonso, Porto, Portugal, inaugurated. * New Room, Bristol, England (Wesleyan Methodist chapel). * Amalienburg, Munich, Bavaria, designed by François de Cuvilliés, completed. * Schloss Meseberg, Germany. * Prinz-Albrecht-Palais, Berlin, completed. * Crowcombe Court, Somerset, England, designed by Thomas Parker, completed. * Old Colony House, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Richard Munday. * Frescati House, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. * Nahar Singh Mahal, Ballabhgarh, India (approximate date). * Catherine Canal, Saint Petersburg, dug. Births * January 19 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect working in England (died 1808) * February 15 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (died 1813) * September 15 – Juan de Villanueva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (; 15 February 1739 – 6 June 1813) was a prominent French architect. Biography Born in Paris, France. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1767 he married Anne-Louise d'Egremont. The couple became friends of the royal portrait painter, Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun who painted the portrait of their daughter, Alexandrine-Emilie Brongniart that now hangs in the National Gallery in London, Mademoiselle Brongniart 1788. During the Reign of Terror, Vigée-Lebrun hid in Brongniart's home before fleeing the country. Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart was also a close friend of Jean Antoine Houdon, the pre-eminent French sculptor of the day who sculpted busts of his daughter Alexandrine-Emilie and his son Alexandre Jr. that are now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart designed hotels, including the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé and the Hotel de Monaco, and a number of exclusive private residences. In 1781 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 6
Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed by Constantine's uncle Alexander III on his deathbed. *1505 – The M8.2–8.8 Lo Mustang earthquake affects Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in Kathmandu and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain. *1513 – Battle of Novara. In the Italian Wars, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored. *1523 – Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day. 1601–1900 *1654 – Swedish Queen Christina abdicated her throne in favour of her cousin Charles Gustav and converted to Catholicism. * 1762 – In the Seven Years' War, British f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skipton Mulvany
John Skipton Mulvany (1813 – 10 May 1870) was a notable Irish architect. He was the fourth son of Thomas James Mulvany, one of the founder members, with his own brother John George, of the Royal Hibernian Academy.Langtry, Joe and Nikki Carter, eds. ''Mount Jerome: A Victorian Cemetery''. Staybro Printing Ltd., Dublin 1997. p. 11 Most of the buildings he designed are still in daily use and are well preserved. Career Mulvany was apprenticed to William Deane Butler, who was responsible for many fine classical courthouses and Gothic churches. He was an admirer of James Gandon. He started by undertaking works for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. He later cultivated people of wealth and influence in Victorian Dublin, mainly Quakers (though he himself was a Roman Catholic), thereby gaining important commissions. His best-known work was the Broadstone (Dublin) railway station. Among the many other works designed by him were the Dún Laoghaire railway station, the Galway Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1868 In Architecture
The year 1868 in architecture involved some significant events. Events *April 4 – Eduard van der Nüll hangs himself in disappointment at the public reaction to the design of the Vienna State Opera; August Sicard von Sicardsburg, his fellow architect on the project, dies a few months later of tuberculosis before the theatre is opened. *July 15 – Foundation stone laid for St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, Ireland, designed by E. W. Pugin and George Ashlin. *Alfred Waterhouse wins the competition for the design of Manchester Town Hall in England. *Henry Hobson Richardson is commissioned to build the Alexander Dallas Bache Monument in Washington, D.C., USA. *The dome of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest collapses while under construction. Buildings and structures Buildings opened *January 9 – Pike's Opera House, New York City, USA. *January 20 – Neues Theater, Leipzig (opera house), Germany. *August 15 – Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto, Italy. *September 1 – Vienna Künstl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Sicard Von Sicardsburg
August Sicard von Sicardsburg (6 December 1813 – 11 June 1868) was an Austrian architect. He is best remembered as the co-architect of the Vienna State Opera, together with Eduard van der Nüll. Sicardsburg was born in Buda. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology under Peter von Nobile, and together with van der Nüll. In 1843 he became professor at the Vienna Academy. Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer was one of his students. Sicardsburg died in 1868 in Weidling, Austria, of tuberculosis, six weeks after his partner Eduard van der Nüll committed suicide; neither saw the opening of the Vienna State Opera in 1869. List of works Along with Eduard van der Nüll * Schutzengelbrunnen (fountain), 1843–1846 * Sofiensaal, 1845 * Carltheater, 1846–1847 * Arsenal 1849–1855 * Vienna State Opera, 1861–1869 * Haas-Haus, 1866–1868 (now site of the unrelated Haas-Haus The Haas House is a building in Vienna at the Stock-im-Eisen-Platz. Designed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 6
Events Pre-1600 *1060 – Béla I of Hungary, Béla I is crowned king of Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages, Hungary. *1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, Siege of Kiev (1240), falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. *1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba for gold (which he had mistaken for Japan), Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. *1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. 1601–1900 *1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". *1704 – Battle of Chamkaur (1704), Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Khalsa, Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal Empire, Mughal army. *1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the Jacobite risin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 In Architecture
The year 1884 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings * Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona. * Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., designed by Robert Mills, is completed. * Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest, designed by Miklós Ybl, is opened. * Budapest Keleti railway station, designed by Gyula Rochlitz and János Feketeházy, is completed. * Garabit viaduct in France, engineered by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin, is completed. * The Dakota apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, is completed. * Cornerstone of Statue of Liberty laid in New York Harbor. Publications * Frederic Growse – '' Bulandshahr: Or, Sketches of an Indian District: Social, Historical and Architectural'' Awards * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – William Butterfield. * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Hector d'Esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Bursa
Jakub Bursa (21 July 1813 in Dolní Nekvasovice – 19 August 1884 in Vlachovo Březí) was a Czech architect, folk artist and builder of Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture. He decorated many gables of houses in Southern Bohemia in the style of the so-called rural ''South Bohemian Baroque South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...''. Czech architects 1813 births 1884 deaths 19th-century Czech architects People from Prachatice District {{CzechRepublic-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
