The year 1852 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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Buildings completed
- January 1 – Battle railway station, East Sussex (England), designed by William Tress, is opened.
- February 3 – The House of Commons of the United Kingdom in the Palace of Westminster, London (England) designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, is opened.
- May 15 – Teatro Comunale Alighieri in Ravenna, designed by Tommaso and Giambattista Meduna, is opened.
- October 14 – London King's Cross railway station, designed by Lewis Cubitt, is opened.[4]
- Helsinki Cathedral, Finland, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, is completed.
- Chapel of St Edmund's College, Ware, England, designed by Augustus Pugin in 1845, is completed.
- Rolle Mausoleum, Bicton, Devon, England, reconstructed by Augustus Pugin, is completed.
- Siegestor (Victory Gate) in Munich, Bavaria, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner, is completed by Eduard Mezger.
- Åmodt bro suspension bridge, Oslo, Norway.
- Philippi Covered Bridge, West Virginia, United States.[5]
Hill, Rosemary (2007). God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain. pp. 482–490.
Covered Bridges in West Virginia. Morgantown, West Virginia: Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archeology.
Massó, Juan Bergós (1974). Gaudí, l'home i la obra (in Catalan). Barcelona: Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. ISBN 84-600-6248-1. pp 17–18