1721 in architecture
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The year 1721 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
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File:Замок Немецкого ордена в Эллингене.jpg in Ellingen, Germany]]
- Bocking Windmill, Essex, England.{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1122492|publisher=English Heritage|title=Windmill, Church Street (south east side), Braintree, Essex|access-date=2008-05-25}}
- 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{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=Kenneth|title=A History of Georgia|publisher=University of Georgia|year=1991}}
- 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
- March 5 – John Adam, architect, brother of Robert Adam and James Adam (died 1792)
- March 26 - Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, French architect (Bourse de Commerce) and author (died 1793)
- date unknown
- Francesco Sabatini, Sicilian architect working in Spain (died 1797){{cite book|last1=Charles|first1=Victoria|last2=Carl|first2=Klaus|title=Rococo |date=2014|publisher=Parkstone International|page=183|isbn=978-1-78310-390-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8qjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA183}}
- Thomas Sandby, English draughtsman, watercolour artist, architect, and teacher (died 1798)
Deaths
- February 11 – Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri, Italian architect (born 1656){{cite book|title=Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri (1655-1721)|first1=Nina A.|last1=Mallory|first2=John L.|last2=Varriano|year=1974|publisher=Society of Architectural Historians}}
- June 11 – Sir Anthony Deane, English naval architect, shipbuilder and politician (born 1633)
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