parliaments

1728 – Assemblée Nationale, Paris

The Assemblée Nationale is a building with a varied history of ownership, redevelopment and differant purposes.

1745 – Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin

Leinster House was designed by Richard Cassels in 1745 for the Earls of Kildare and Leinster,

1803 – Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin

Architect: Edward Pearce, James Gandon, Robert Parke, Francis Johnston

This was the first purpose built Parliament House in the world and was constructed at a great time of public confidence in Dublin.

1860 – Design for Government Buildings, Ottawa, Canada

Architect: Stent & Laver

In May 1859 proposals were invited for Ottawa’s intended parliamentary and departmental buildings and governor general’s residence.

1861 – Unbuilt W.H Lynn Proposal for Sydney Parliament

Architect: W.H. Lynn

Plans for a new Australian Parliament House for Sydney were first announced in the early 1860s,

1866 – Houses of Parliament, Ottawa, Ontario

Architect: Thomas Fuller & Chilion Jones

In 1859, The Legislative Assembly in Ottawa voted the sum of £75,000 for the erection of a “Parliament House”

1873 – Design for Parliament, Berlin, Germany

Architect: Robert Kerr

Published in The Architect, May 31st 1873. Unsuccessful competition entry.

1875 – Premiated Design for New Parliament House, Berlin

Architect: Sir George Gilbert Scott

Premiated entry after international architectural competition to design a new parliament for the then recently unified Germany.

1882 – Design for Reichstag, Berlin

Architect: Heinrich Freiherrn von Ferstel

Though widely considered one of the better entries for the Reichstag, through a technical error Viennese architect Heinrich Freiherrn von Ferstel’s design for the Berlin Reichstag building received no award.

1884 – New Parliament, Vienna, Austria

Architect: Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen

An Imperial Commission was appointed to study the building of the Parliament in the early 1860s.