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1781 in architecture

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The year 1781 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

  • Brizlee Tower, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, a folly erected for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, possibly designed by Robert Adam
  • St. Hilarius Parish Church of Näfels, Switzerland, designed by architects Johann Singer and Jakob Singer.
  • Triumphal Arc, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, built for the visit of Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski to the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi.
  • Sturehov Manor near Stockholm, designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, probably completed.
  • Montagu House, Portman Square, London, designed by James Stuart, completed.

Awards

  • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Combes.

Births

  • March 13 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect, city planner, and painter (died 1841)
  • August 12 – Robert Mills, possibly the first native-born American to train as a professional architect (died 1855)

Deaths

  • date unknown – Pietro Camporese the Elder, Italian architect (born 1726)

References

References

  1. "Brizlee Tower". Robin Kent Architecture & Conservation.
  2. Stäger, Jacques. (1979). "Pfarrkirche St. Hilarius Näfels: Festschrift zur Einweihung der renovierten Pfarrkirche St. Hilarius Näfel". Kath. Kirchgemeinde.
  3. Budzey, Oleh. (2005). "By the streets of Kamianets-Podilskyi". Svit.
  4. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-SchinkelKarlFriedrich.html Karl Friedrich Schinkel – Facts, information, pictures] – Encyclopedia.com
  5. (26 November 2001). "Robert Mills: America's First Architect". [[Princeton Architectural Press]].
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