1734 in architecture
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Buildings and structures
Buildings
- The Drum, Edinburgh, designed by William Adam.
- Loboc Church, Philippines.
- Louisbourg Lighthouse, Nova Scotia.[1]
- Potsdam Gate, Berlin.
- San Giuseppe alla Lungara, Rome, designed by Ludovico Rusconi Sassi.
- Schloss Nordkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Sivasagar Sivadol Hindu temples, Sivasagar, Assam.
- Rebuilding of Wentworth Woodhouse in the north of England begins.
Publications
- Palladio Londinensis: or, The London art of building.
Births
- May 7 â James Byres, Scottish architect (d. 1817)
- July 18 â Giuseppe Piermarini, Italian architect (d. 1808)
- October 6 (bapt.) â Joseph Pickford, English architect (d. 1782)
- William Buckland, English-born American architect (d. 1774)
Deaths
- March 1 â Roger North, English lawyer, biographer and amateur of the arts (b. 1651)
- May â Alexander McGill, Scottish architect (b. c.1680)
- William Etty, English architect (b. c.1675)