1857 in architecture

The year 1857 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * September 17 – Official opening of the Municipal Theatre of Santiago, Chile.
 * American Institute of Architects (AIA) founded.

Buildings completed

 * Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, designed by George Meade.
 * Ahırkapı Feneri (lighthouse), Istanbul, Turkey, designed by French engineers.
 * Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Thomas Gildard and H. M. McFarlane.
 * Old Town Hall, Silkeborg, Denmark, designed by H. C. Zeltner.
 * Schwerin Palace, Mecklenburg, largely designed by Georg Adolf Demmler.
 * Borujerdis House, Kashan, Persia, designed by Ustad Ali Maryam.
 * Pont Saint-Michel, Paris, France, designed by Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie and Paul Vaudrey.
 * Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France, completed by Théodore Ballu to the design of Franz Christian Gau.
 * All Saints' Church, Maidenhead, England, designed and with murals painted by George Edmund Street, with associated school.
 * Museum, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, designed by Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward.
 * United States Custom House, designed by Ammi B. Young, opens in Providence, Rhode Island
 * Zeldenrust, Zuidbarge smock mill, Netherlands.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Owen Jones.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Joseph Heim.

Births

 * January 18 – William Lethaby, English Arts and Crafts architect and designer (died 1931)
 * March 31 – John James Burnet, Scottish architect (died 1938)
 * May 28 – Charles Voysey, English Arts and Crafts designer and domestic architect (died 1941)
 * July 4 – John Campbell, Scottish architect (died 1942)
 * August 12 – Marc Camoletti, Swiss architect (died 1940)
 * September 1 – W. D. Caröe, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1938)

Deaths

 * March 19 – William Henry Playfair, English-born neoclassical architect working in New Town, Edinburgh (born 1790)
 * December 9 – Thomas Oliver, English neoclassical architect working in Newcastle upon Tyne (born 1791)