1712 in architecture
The year 1712 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings and structures
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Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Castle Howard in Yorkshire, England (begun 1699), designed by Sir John Vanbrugh[1] and Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed.
- Roehampton House in Roehampton, London, England, designed by Thomas Archer is completed.
- Palais Trautson in Vienna is built.[2]
- St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, designed by John Barker, is consecrated.
- Construction of church of Santissimo Nome di Maria e degli Angeli Custodi, Genoa, begins (completed c.1770).
Births
- November 7 – Antoine Choquet de Lindu, French architect and military engineer (died 1790)
Deaths
- October 27 – Sir William Robinson, English architect, worked in Ireland (born 1645)
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References
- Summerson, John; Sir, John Newenham Summerson (1993). Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830. Yale University Press. p. 559. ISBN 9780300058864.
- Parsons, Nicholas (2008). Vienna: A Cultural History. Oxford University Press. p. 40. ISBN 9780199888481.
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