1732 in architecture

The year 1732 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Buildings and structures

Buildings

Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London.

• August – York Assembly Rooms in England, designed by Lord Burlington, are opened.[1] The Mansion House, York, is also completed this year.
• October 2 – Goodman's Fields Theatre, London, designed by Edward Shepherd, is opened.
• December 7 – Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, designed by Edward Shepherd, is opened.[2]
• Trinity College Library in Dublin, designed by Thomas Burgh, is completed.
• Nicola Salvi begins work on the new Trevi Fountain in Rome.
• Work on Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, designed by Robert de Cotte, is started

Awards

• Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Laurent Legeay.

Births

• April 22 – John Johnson, English architect (died 1814)
• July 21 – James Adam, Scottish-born architect (died 1794)
• December 15 – Carl Gotthard Langhans, Prussian architect (died 1808)

Deaths

• Giacomo Amato, Sicilian architect (born 1643)

References

1. "The Assembly Rooms". History of York. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
2. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.