1726 in architecture
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The year 1726 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
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- Work begins on the Dresden Frauenkirche, in Dresden, Germany, designed by George Bähr (completed in 1743; destroyed in 1945; reconstructed in 2005).
- Completion of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London, designed by James Gibbs.{{cite web|url=http://www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/aboutus/history.html|title=The Story of St Martin-in-the-Fields|work=St Martin-in-the-Fields|access-date=2010-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617043907/http://www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/aboutus/history.html|archive-date=2010-06-17|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last=Sheppard|first=F.H.W.|title=London: a history|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-822922-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/londonhistory00shep}}
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François Carlier.
Births
- November 15 – Henry Keene, English architect (died 1776)
Deaths
- March 26 – Sir John Vanbrugh (born 1664)
- September 16 – Jakob Prandtauer (born 1660)
References
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