1723 in architecture
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The year 1723 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Mavisbank House in Midlothian is designed by William Adam[1] in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and is constructed between 1723 and 1727, the first Palladian villa in Scotland.[2]
- St Mary le Strand in London, designed by James Gibbs, becomes the first wholly new church completed for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches.
- Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca, Bologna, Italy, is designed by Carlo Francesco Dotti.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean Pinard.
Births
- February 23 - William Chambers, Swedish-born Scottish architect (died 1796)
- April 28 - John Carr, English architect (died 1807)
Deaths
- February 25 - Christopher Wren, English architect and scientist (born 1632)
- April 5 - Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian baroque architect (born 1656)
References
- ^ Colvin, Howard (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840. London: John Murray. ISBN 0719533287.
- ^ Cruickshank, Dan (1985). A Guide to the Georgian Buildings of Britain & Ireland. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 226–7. ISBN 0-297-78610-5.