1722 in architecture

The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 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)

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