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1722 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1722 in architecture
The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.
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- Blenheim Palace (begun 1705) in Woodstock, England, designed by John Vanbrugh, is completed.[1]
- Wanstead House, near London, England, designed by Colen Campbell, is completed.[2]
- Castletown House in County Kildare, Ireland, designed by Alessandro Galilei, is completed.[3]
- Kantajew Temple in Bengal is completed.[4]
- March 17 – William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, English peer and amateur architect (died 1791)[6]
- August – James Essex, English builder and architect working in Cambridge (died 1784)[7]
- Robert Smith, Scottish architect working in America (died 1777)[8]
- June 20 – Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bavarian baroque architect working in Bohemia (born 1655)[9]
- William Winde, English gentleman architect (born c.1640)[10]
- "Blenheim Palace". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- "The history of Wanstead House". Essex Life. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- James-Chakraborty, Kathleen (2014). Architecture since 1400. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781452941721.
- Ghosh, Pika (2005). Temple to Love: Architecture and Devotion in Seventeenth-century Bengal. Indiana University Press. p. 46. ISBN 0253344875.
- MEYRIGNAC, Philippe (2014). Le Papillon Vert (in French). Éditions Hélène Jacob. p. 73. ISBN 9782370111791.
- "William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford – Person – National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- Cocke, T. H. (2004). "Essex, James (bap. 1722, d. 1784), architect and antiquary". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8887. Retrieved 16 January 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Peterson, Charles Emil; Smith, Robert; Greiff, Constance M.; Thompson, Maria M. (2000). Robert Smith : architect, builder, patriot, 1722–1777. Athenaeum of Philadelphia. ISBN 9780916530174. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - "Christoph Dientzenhofer – German architect". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- "William Winde". Oxford Index. Retrieved 16 January 2018.