1784 in architecture

The year 1784 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• September 1 – John Sanders becomes the first architectural student of John Soane.
• In Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the Gardens of Orienbaum, a ride is built that features carriages that undulate over hills within grooved tracks, a predecessor of the roller coaster.
• Étienne-Louis Boullée proposes a cenotaph to Isaac Newton.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• St Andrew's Church in New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Andrew Frazer and Robert Kay, opened.
• In New London, Connecticut, the town hall is built (1784/85).
• Ishak Pasha Palace is built in Turkey.
• Ubosot at Wat Phra Kaew temple in Bangkok, Thailand, receives the Emerald Buddha (March 22).
• Work starts on La Moneda Palace in Santiago, originally intended to house the Spanish mint in Colonial Chile, designed by Joaquín Toesca.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Auguste Cheval de Saint-Hubert.

Births

• January 11 – Thomas Hamilton, Scottish architect (died 1858)
• January 21 – Georg Moller, German architect and town planner (died 1852)
• February 29 – Leo von Klenze, German Neoclassicist architect (died 1864)
• October 3 – Ithiel Town, American architect and civil engineer (died 1844)

Deaths

• March – Thomas Cooley, English architect who worked in Dublin (born 1740)
• April 7 – Samuel Rhoads, American architect and cultural figure (born 1711)
• September 14 – James Essex, English builder and architect (born 1722)

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