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1721 in architecture

List of years in architecture (table)

The year 1721 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Ellingen Residence in Ellingen, Germany
  • Bocking Windmill, Essex, England.[1]
  • 7 Burlington Gardens, later Queensberry House, London, Giacomo Leoni's first design for England
  • Fort King George, along the Altamaha River in the modern-day US state of Georgia[2]
  • Ruthven Barracks in Scotland completed
  • Jackson Square (New Orleans), New France
  • Nazarbaug Palace, Gujarat, India
  • Ellingen Residence in Ellingen, Bavaria completed in its Baroque form
  • Písek Gate, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Saint Paul the First Hermit Cathedral completed as parish church of San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines

Awards

  • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Philippe Buache.

Births

Deaths

  • February 11 – Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri, Italian architect (born 1656)[4]
  • June 11 – Sir Anthony Deane, English naval architect, shipbuilder and politician (born 1633)

References

  1. ^ "Windmill, Church Street (south east side), Braintree, Essex". English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  2. ^ Coleman, Kenneth (1991). A History of Georgia. University of Georgia.
  3. ^ Charles, Victoria; Carl, Klaus (2014). Rococo. 183: Parkstone International. ISBN 978-1-78310-390-4.
  4. ^ Mallory, Nina A.; Varriano, John L. (1974). Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri (1655-1721). Society of Architectural Historians.


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