1801 in architecture
The year 1801 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- April 21 – The Teatro Nuovo in Trieste, an opera house designed by Gian Antonio Selva and Matteo Pertsch, is inaugurated.
- The New London Harbor Lighthouse in New London, Connecticut is completed.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:.
Births
- May 11 – Henri Labrouste, French architect of the École des Beaux Arts
- June 4 – James Pennethorne, English architect and planner working in London
- June 5 – William Scamp, English architect working in Malta
- date unknown – John Semple, Irish architect
Deaths
- September 6 – William Tyler, sculptor and architect, co-founder of the Royal Academy