1722 in architecture

The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Buildings and structures

Buildings

Church of Saint John of Nepomuk

• Blenheim Palace (begun 1705) in Woodstock, England, designed by John Vanbrugh, is completed.[1]
• Wanstead House, near London, England, designed by Colen Campbell, is completed.[2]
• Castletown House in County Kildare, Ireland, designed by Alessandro Galilei, is completed.[3]
• Kantajew Temple in Bengal is completed.[4]

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome: Jean-Michel Chevotet.[5]

Births

• March 17 – William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, English peer and amateur architect (died 1791)[6]
• August – James Essex, English builder and architect working in Cambridge (died 1784)[7]
• Robert Smith, Scottish architect working in America (died 1777)[8]

Deaths

• June 20 – Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bavarian baroque architect working in Bohemia (born 1655)[9]
• William Winde, English gentleman architect (born c.1640)[10]

References

1. "Blenheim Palace". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
2. "The history of Wanstead House". Essex Life. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
3. James-Chakraborty, Kathleen (2014). Architecture since 1400. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781452941721.
4. Ghosh, Pika (2005). Temple to Love: Architecture and Devotion in Seventeenth-century Bengal. Indiana University Press. p. 46. ISBN 0253344875.
5. MEYRIGNAC, Philippe (2014). Le Papillon Vert (in French). Éditions Hélène Jacob. p. 73. ISBN 9782370111791.
6. "William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford – Person – National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
7. Cocke, T. H. (2004). "Essex, James (bap. 1722, d. 1784), architect and antiquary". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8887. Retrieved 16 January 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. Peterson, Charles Emil; Smith, Robert; Greiff, Constance M.; Thompson, Maria M. (2000). Robert Smith : architect, builder, patriot, 1722–1777. National Library of Australia. ISBN 9780916530174. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
9. "Christoph Dientzenhofer – German architect". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
10. "William Winde". Oxford Index. Retrieved 16 January 2018.