1826 in architecture
# 1826 in architecture

The year 1826 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings opened

* January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford.
* December 17 – Helsinki Old Church, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel.

### Buildings completed

* Cathedral of Chihuahua, Mexico.
* The Bank of England in London, designed by Sir John Soane.
* Cumberland Terrace in London, designed by John Nash and John Thompson.
* Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church in Potsdam, a very early example of Byzantine Revival architecture designed by Vasily Stasov.
* Stadttempel, Vienna, Austria.
* Sofienbad, Vienna, Austria.

## Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome – Léon Vaudoyer

## Births

* April 11 – Thomas Worthington, English architect based in Manchester (died 1909)
* July 18 – Edward Habershon, English architect (died 1900)
* August 2 — Thomas Alexander Tefft, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (died 1859)
* August 16 – Thomas Seaton Scott, Canadian architect (died 1895)

## Deaths

* March 1 – Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect and city planner (born 1766)
* July 4 – Thomas Jefferson, American polymath and neoclassical architect (born 1743)
