1726 in architecture
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The year 1726 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 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.[1][2]
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François Carlier.
Births
- February 15 â Teodoro Ardemans, Spanish architect and painter
- November 15 â Henry Keene, English architect (died 1776)
Deaths
- March 26 â Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist and architect (born 1664)
- September 16 â Jakob Prandtauer, Austrian Baroque architect (born 1660)
