1815 in architecture

The year 1815 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * September 10–24 – The Champion (London) publishes "The Present Low State of the Arts in England and more particularly of Architecture", primarily a personal attack on John Soane written anonymously by his son George.
 * The great tithe barn at Cholsey in England, the world's largest when built around 1300, is dismantled.

Buildings

 * St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York City, designed by Joseph-François Mangin, is dedicated.
 * Church of St. Paul's Radcliffeboro (Charleston, South Carolina) is completed.
 * St. John's Church, Philadelphia, designed by William Strickland, is built.
 * St Michael's Church, Aigburth, England, designed by ironfounder John Cragg with Thomas Rickman, is consecrated.
 * Kuopio Cathedral in Finland is completed.
 * Armadale Castle on Skye (Scotland) is built in the style of Scottish Baronial architecture to the design of James Gillespie Graham.
 * The Nelson Monument, Edinburgh, on Calton Hill, designed by Robert Burn, is dedicated.
 * Dunans and Ferness Bridges in Scotland, designed by Thomas Telford, are completed.
 * Waterloo Bridge, Betws-y-Coed, Wales, designed by Thomas Telford, is constructed.
 * Glenfinnan Monument in Scotland, designed by James Gillespie Graham, is erected.
 * Carneal House is built at 405 East Second Street in Covington, Kentucky.
 * Reconstruction of Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England, in an Indian style by John Nash begins.

Awards

 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Pierre Anne Dedreux.

Births

 * January 11 – David Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (d. 1886)
 * March 7 – Samuel Sloan, American architect working in Philadelphia (d. 1884)
 * October 30 – Andrew Jackson Downing, American landscape architect (d. 1852)
 * December 23 – Ildefons Cerdà, Catalan Spanish urban planner (d. 1876)
 * William Harrison Folsom, American Mormon architect (d. 1901)
 * John M. Trimble, American theater architect (d. 1867)

Deaths

 * June 5 – Robert Burn, Scottish architect (b. 1752)
 * November 15 – Louis Michel Thibault, French-born architect working in South Africa (b. 1750)