1726 in architecture

The year 1726 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Work begins on the Dresden Frauenkirche, in Dresden, Germany, designed by George Bähr (completed in 1743; destroyed in 1945; reconstructed in 2005).
• Completion of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London, designed by James Gibbs.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François Carlier.

Births

• February 15 – Teodoro Ardemans, Spanish architect and painter
• November 15 – Henry Keene, English architect (died 1776)

Deaths

• March 26 – Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist and architect (born 1664)
• September 16 – Jakob Prandtauer, Austrian Baroque architect (born 1660)

References