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1738 in architecture

See also: 1737 in architecture, other events of 1738, 1739 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

List of years in architecture (table)

Events

  • William Kent is appointed to remodel Rousham House and gardens in Oxfordshire, England, "a landmark in the history of the Romantic movement."[1]

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Publications

  • Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni – Description abregée de l'eglise Saint Pierre de Rome (Paris)

Births

Deaths

  • January 20 – Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect, designer and painter (born 1659)
  • March 16 – George Bähr, German architect; designer of Protestant churches (born 1666)
  • Date unknown – Francis Smith of Warwick, English architect (born 1672)

References

  1. ^ Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). "Rousham Park". In Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (eds.). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 740–6. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
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