title: 1843 in architecture
text: # 1843 in architecture
  
  The year 1843 in architecture involved some significant events.
  
  ## Buildings and structures
  
  ### Buildings
  
  * March 25 – The Thames Tunnel in London, constructed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Marc Isambard Brunel, the oldest underwater tunnel in the world, opens to the public.
  * Nelson's Column in London, designed by William Railton, is completed.
  * McGill University's original building, later known as the Arts Building, is completed in Montreal by architect John Ostell.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jacques-Martin Tétaz.
  
  ## Births
  
  * July 6 – Robert S. Roeschlaub, German-born architect working in Colorado (died 1923)
  * November 29 – Gertrude Jekyll, English garden designer (died 1932)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 13 – Peter Atkinson, English-born architect (born 1776)
  