1750 in architecture

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The year 1750 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• November 18 - Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London, designed by Swiss-born engineer Charles Labelye, is officially opened.
• Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, England, is commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale), to be designed by James Paine and Matthew Brettingham.
• Calcot Park, Berkshire, England, is rebuilt by John Blagrave, following a fire.
• William Halfpenny publishes Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste in England.

Westminster Bridge, painted by Canaletto before completion

Buildings

• Azm Palace, Damascus
• Christoffel Vought Farmstead, New Jersey
• Preservation Hall, a private residence in the New Orleans French Quarter (it will serve as a tavern during the War of 1812)
• Fort Rensellear in Canajoharie, New York

Births

• January 21 - François Baillairgé, architect, painter and sculptor (died 1830)
• May 20 - William Thornton, British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect (died 1828)
• date unknown - John Booth, architect and surveyor (died 1843)
• probable - Thomas Baldwin, English surveyor and architect in Bath (died 1820)

Deaths

• September 5 - Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (born 1706)