1722 in architecture
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The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 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]
Awards
Births
- March 17 â William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, English peer and amateur architect (died 1791)[6]
- August â James Essex, English builder and architect working in Cambridge (died 1784)[7]
- Robert Smith, Scottish architect working in America (died 1777)[8]
Deaths
- June 20 â Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bavarian baroque architect working in Bohemia (born 1655)[9]
- William Winde, English gentleman architect (born c.1640)[10]