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1722 in architecture

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1722 in architecture

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The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Church of Saint John of Nepomuk
  • Blenheim Palace (begun 1705) in Woodstock, England, designed by John Vanbrugh, is completed.
  • Wanstead House, near London, England, designed by Colen Campbell, is completed.
  • Castletown House in County Kildare, Ireland, designed by Alessandro Galilei, is completed.
  • Kantajew Temple in Bengal is completed.

Awards

  • Grand Prix de Rome: Jean-Michel Chevotet.

Births

  • March 17 – William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, English peer and amateur architect (died 1791)
  • August – James Essex, English builder and architect working in Cambridge (died 1784)
  • Robert Smith, Scottish architect working in America (died 1777)

Deaths

  • June 20 – Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bavarian baroque architect working in Bohemia (born 1655)
  • William Winde, English gentleman architect (born c.1640)

References

References

  1. "Blenheim Palace".
  2. "The history of Wanstead House".
  3. (2014). "Architecture since 1400". U of Minnesota Press.
  4. (2005). "Temple to Love: Architecture and Devotion in Seventeenth-century Bengal". Indiana University Press.
  5. (2014). "Le Papillon Vert". Éditions Hélène Jacob.
  6. "William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford – Person – National Portrait Gallery".
  7. Cocke, T. H.. (2004). "Essex, James (bap. 1722, d. 1784), architect and antiquary".
  8. (2000). "Robert Smith : architect, builder, patriot, 1722–1777". Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
  9. "Christoph Dientzenhofer – German architect".
  10. "William Winde".
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