1803 in architecture
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Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 The year 1803 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 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.<ref>Rivington Unitarian Chapel. Template:Webarchive</ref>
- 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)<ref>Template:DNB</ref>
- April 20 – Christian Hansen, Danish historicist architect (died 1883)
- August 3 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener, architect and MP (died 1865)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Deaths
- date unknown – Ottone Calderari, Italian architect and writer (born 1730)