Buildings

• The redesign of Buckingham Palace
  Buckingham Palace
  Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality...
  
   by John Nash
  John Nash (architect)
  John Nash was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.-Biography:Born in Lambeth, London, the son of a Welsh millwright, Nash trained with the architect Sir Robert Taylor. He established his own practice in 1777, but his career was initially unsuccessful and...
  
   is completed.
• Robert Mills (architect)
  Robert Mills (architect)
  Robert Mills , most famously known for designing the Washington Monument, is sometimes called the first native born American to become a professional architect, though Charles Bulfinch perhaps has a clearer claim to this honor...
  
   starts to build Old Patent Office Building
  Old Patent Office Building
  The historic Old Patent Office Building in Washington, D.C. covers an entire city block defined by F and G Streets and 7th and 9th Streets NW in Chinatown. After undergoing extensive renovations, the building reopened on July 1, 2006 and was renamed The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art...
  
  , Washington D.C., USA.
• Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
  Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
  Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was a French architect and theorist, famous for his interpretive "restorations" of medieval buildings. Born in Paris, he was a major Gothic Revival architect.-Early years:...
  
   is commissioned by Prosper Merimée
  Prosper Mérimée
  Prosper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.-Life:...
  
   to restore Vézelay Abbey
  Vézelay Abbey
  Vézelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Vézelay in the Yonne département in Burgundy, France. The Benedictine abbey church of Ste-Marie-Madeleine Vézelay Abbey (now known as Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Vézelay in the Yonne...
  
  , the first of many restorations by him.

Deaths

• 13 May - John Nash
  John Nash (architect)
  John Nash was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.-Biography:Born in Lambeth, London, the son of a Welsh millwright, Nash trained with the architect Sir Robert Taylor. He established his own practice in 1777, but his career was initially unsuccessful and...
  
  , British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London. (born 1752
  1752 in architecture
  The year 1752 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Foundling Hospital in London, designed by Theodore Jacobsen, is completed.* Mansion House, London, designed by George Dance the Elder, is completed....
  
  )