1791 in architecture

The year 1791 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

• The elevations of Charlotte Square in Edinburgh, Scotland, are designed by Robert Adam.
• Polish architect Jakub Kubicki is ennobled.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

The Custom House, Dublin

Bara Imambara, Lucknow

• January 6 – Théâtre Feydeau, Paris, designed by Jacques Legrand and Jacques Molinos.
• November 7 – The Custom House, Dublin, Ireland, designed by James Gandon.

Buildings completed

• Bara Imambara, Lucknow, India
• Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
• Clyne Castle, Swansea, Wales, built by Richard Phillips
• Gammel Køgegård, Køge, Denmark (main house)[1]
• Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, Argentina (rebuilt)
• Plaza Mayor, Madrid, remodelling by Juan de Villanueva
• Rock Castle (Hendersonville, Tennessee), United States, home of Daniel Smith.[2]
• Dar Hassan Pacha (palace) in the Casbah of Algiers.[3]

Births

• January 14 – Thomas Oliver, English neoclassical architect (died 1857)[4]
• March 15 – Lewis Vulliamy, English architect (died 1871)
• June 7 – Giacomo Moraglia, Milanese neoclassical architect (died 1860)
• William Cubitt, English building and civil engineering contractor and politician (died 1863)

Deaths

• December 19 – Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish architect and engraver (born 1714)[5]

References

1. "Gammel Kjøgegård" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
2. A Modest History of Rock Castle. Hendersonville: Friends of Rock Castle. 1994.
3. "Interior of Governors Palace, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
4. Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan. Dictionary of British Architects, 1834–1914.
5. Michaud, Joseph Fr; Michaud, Louis Gabriel (1844). Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, ou, Histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes: ouvrage entièrement neuf. Michaud. p. 338. Retrieved 2013-01-09.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)