page_title: 1821 in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 1821 in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Karl Friedrich Schinkel: Schauspielhaus (drama theatre) in Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841) &#160;Description German architect and painter Date of birth/death13 March 17819 October 1841Location of birth/deathNeuruppinBerlinAuthority control VIAF: 17298593 LCCN: n81068088 GND: 118607782 BnF: cb12352169q ULAN: 500028174 ISNI: 0000 0001 0855 5834 WorldCat WP-Person Copper engraving by L. M. N. Sohn after a drawing by Berger, ca. 1830
context_page_description: The year 1821 in architecture involved some significant events.
context_section_description: The Schauspielhaus in Berlin (begun in 1819), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is completed.
  The Palais Leuchtenberg in Munich (begun in 1817), designed by Leo von Klenze, is completed.
  The Haymarket Theatre in London, designed by John Nash, is completed.
  Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria, wishing to build a monument to German unity and heroism (and the defeat of Napoleon), commissions Leo von Klenze to build a replica of the Parthenon on a bluff overlooking the Danube River near Regensburg, the Walhalla memorial.
  The Strasbourg Opera House is completed
  The Maitland Monument in Corfu, designed by George Whitmore, is built.
caption: Karl Friedrich Schinkel's design for the Schauspielhaus Berlin
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