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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 âÂÂ
Teodoro Ardemans
, Spanish architect and painter
November 15 âÂÂ
Henry Keene
, English architect (died
1776
)
Deaths
March 26 â Sir
John Vanbrugh
, English dramatist and architect (born
1664
)
September 16 âÂÂ
Jakob Prandtauer
, Austrian Baroque architect (born
1660
)
References