Architecture of Belfast

The architecture of Belfast comprises

Belfast became a substantial settlement in the 17th century, after being established as a town by Sir Arthur Chichester.^[1] None of the buildings from Belfast's first century as a market town on the river Farset survive today. The only significant structures in those early years from 1613 would have been a castle established by Sir Arthur Chichester, and the parish church at the foot of High Street, where a 'chapel of the ford' had been erected by 1306, and where St George's church now stands.

Georgian

• 
  Clifton House
  (1771–1774; Grade A)
• 
  The Exchange and Assembly Rooms
  (1769)
  Remodelled in 1845

Victorian

• 
  Botanic Gardens Palm House
  (1839–1840)
• 
  Lanyon Building
  (1849)
• 
  16 Victoria Street
  (1852; Grade B)
• 
  Union Theological College
  (1853; Grade A)
• 
  The Custom House
  (1856)
• 
  Ulster Hall
  (1859–1862; Grade B1)
  Renovated 2009
• 
  The Headline Building
  (1863)
• 
  Clarence House
  (1867)
• 
  Belfast Castle
  (1811–1870; Grade B+)
• 
  Queen Street Children's Hospital (1878)
• 
  The Old Town Hall
  (1860–1879; Grade B1)
• 
  Queen's Arcade
  (1879–1880; Grade B1)
  Renovated 1987, 1994
• 
  The Scottish Provident Institution
  (1899–1902; Grade A)

20th century

Edwardian

• 
  Belfast City Hall
  (1898–1906; Grade A)

Pre-World War II and Art Deco

• 
  Ulster Museum
  (1929; extended 1962; Grade B1)
• 
  Parliament Buildings
  (1922–1932; Grade A)
• 
  North Street Arcade
  (1936–1938; Grade B1)
• 
  Telephone House
  (1920–1939; Grade B2)
• 
  Broadcasting House
  (1938–1941; Grade B1)

Late 20th century

• 
  Windsor House
  (1975)
• 
  Belfast City Hospital Tower
  (1986)
• 
  Waterfront Hall
  (1995–1997)
• 
  BT Riverside Tower
  (1998)
• 
  Belfast Hilton
  (1998)

21st century

In 2011 and 2012 Belfast saw the creation of two buildings described as "two of the most stunning new British buildings of the century",

• 
  Obel Tower (2006–2011)
• 
  Victoria Square (2008)
• 
  The Boat (2010)
• 
  Titanic Belfast (2012)
• 
  The MAC (2012)
• 
  Lanyon Plaza (2014)

See also

• List of parks and gardens in Belfast
• List of tallest buildings and structures in Belfast
• Buildings and structures in Belfast

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

• Communities-NI Buildings Database
• Archiseek - Belfast Architecture
• Future Belfast
• Culture NI - The Architecture of Belfast
• University of Ulster Belfast School of Architecture
• Queen's University School of Planning Architecture and CivilEngineering (SPACE)