1787 in architecture
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The year 1787 in architecture involved some significant events in architectural history.
Events
- The Hameau de Chantilly, a group of cottages, is constructed by Bathilde d'Orléans, Duchess of Bourbon, in the gardens of the Élysée Palace in Paris, in imitation of a village at the Château de Chantilly, her principal residence.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LUHoQHxR0MMC&pg=PA245|first=Henry|last=Haynie|title=Paris: Past & Present|volume=2|location=New York|year=1902|page=245}}
- The Royal Pavilion, at Brighton (England) is established as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales. Extensive building work begins.{{cite book|first=John|last=Morley|title=The Making of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton: Design and Drawings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnhOAAAAYAAJ|date=2003-12-05|publisher=Philip Wilson Publishers|isbn=978-0-85667-557-7}}
Buildings and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1787}}
=Buildings completed=
- United States:
- Charleston, South Carolina: the Unitarian Universalist Church (a National Historic Landmark).
- Bedford, New York: the Court House in Bedford Village (renovated in the 1960s), part of Bedford Village Historic District.
- White Plains, New York: the second courthouse, built on the foundation of the first (1759) courthouse.
- Philadelphia: the Morris House Hotel.
- Jefferson County, Ohio: Fort Steuben, housing the first American Army Regiment.
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- The Hermitage Theatre, designed by Giacomo Quarenghi, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- The Museum of Natural History, later the Museo del Prado, in Madrid, Spain, designed by Juan de Villanueva (approximate date).
- Church of La Soledad, Mexico City, designed by Father Gregorio Pérez Cancio with the help of architects Cayetano de Sigüenza, Ildefonso Iniesta Bejarano, Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres and Ignacio Castera.
- Al-Nabi Mosque, Qazvin (Persia), probably designed by Ustad Mirza Shirazi.
- Qingshui Temple in Taipei (Taiwan).
- Dome of the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna, Italy, designed by Giuseppe Tubertini.{{cite book|author1=Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art|author2=Eliot Wooldridge Rowlands|title=The collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Italian paintings, 1300-1800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y6bqAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art|isbn=9780942614251}}
=Buildings opened=
- October 14 – Theater auf der Wieden, designed by Andreas Zach, in suburban Vienna, AustriaKrzeszowiak, Tadeusz (2009) Freihaustheater in Wien: 1787-1801: Wirkungsstätte von W. A. Mozart und E. Schikaneder. Vienna: Böhlau Verlag. {{ISBN|3-205-77748-4}}. page 78
Births
- January 26 – Aleksandr Vitberg, Russian Neoclassical architect (died 1855)
- November 26 – Pascal Coste, French architect and engineer working in Egypt (died 1879)
- date unknown
- Ignatius Bonomi, English architect (died 1870)
- John Dobson, English architect (died 1865)
- John Peter Gandy, English architect (died 1850)
Deaths
- April 7 – Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet, builder of Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal{{cite web|url=http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/canal.php?wpage=SNGC&name=Sir%20Nigel%20Gresley's%20Canal|publisher=Jim Shead|title=Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal|access-date=2007-05-06|archive-date=2012-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226060357/http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/canal.php?wpage=SNGC&name=Sir%20Nigel%20Gresley's%20Canal|url-status=dead}} (born c.1727)
- May 8 – Antonio Brianti, Italian architect (born 1739)