1803 in architecture
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The year 1803 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
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- The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Holy Cross Church, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Charles Bulfinch, dedicated.
- St. John's Chapel (New York City), designed by John McComb, Jr. and his brother Isaac.
- Rivington Unitarian Chapel in Lancashire, England.[http://www.unitarian.org.uk/mda/RIVINGTON/ Rivington Unitarian Chapel.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927065749/http://www.unitarian.org.uk/mda/RIVINGTON/ |date=2010-09-27 }}
- Bob Church, Cluj, Transylvania.
- Casa del Labrador, designed by Isidro González Velásquez, at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain is completed.
- Nantwich Bridge in Cheshire, England, built by William Lightfoot.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Narcisse Pagot.
Births
- April 3 – David Bryce, Scottish architect (died 1876){{DNB|wstitle=Bryce, David |first=George Wardlaw|last=Burnet|volume=7|page=158}}
- April 20 – Christian Hansen, Danish historicist architect (died 1883)
- August 3 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener, architect and MP (died 1865){{cite book|first=Kate|last=Colquhoun|title=A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton|publisher=Fourth Estate|year=2003|isbn=0-00-714353-2}}
- October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English railway civil and mechanical engineer (died 1859)
- November 29 – Gottfried Semper, German architect, art critic and professor of architecture (died 1879){{cite book|last=Herrmann |first=Wolfgang|title=Gottfried Semper: In Search of Architecture|url=https://archive.org/details/gottfriedsemperi0000herr |url-access=registration |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts; London|year=1984|isbn=0-262-08144-X}}
Deaths
- date unknown – Ottone Calderari, Italian architect and writer (born 1730)