1721 in architecture

The year 1721 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Buildings and structures

Buildings

Ellingen Residence in Ellingen, Germany

• Bocking Windmill, Essex, England.[1]
• 7 Burlington Gardens, later Queensberry House, London, Giacomo Leoni's first design for England
• Fort King George, along the Altamaha River in the modern-day US state of Georgia[2]
• Ruthven Barracks in Scotland completed
• Jackson Square (New Orleans), New France
• Nazarbaug Palace, Gujarat, India
• Ellingen Residence in Ellingen, Bavaria completed in its Baroque form
• Písek Gate, Prague, Czech Republic
• Saint Paul the First Hermit Cathedral completed as parish church of San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Philippe Buache.

Births

• March 5 – John Adam, architect, brother of Robert Adam and James Adam (died 1792)
• date unknown
  • Francesco Sabatini, Sicilian architect working in Spain (died 1797)[3]
  • Thomas Sandby, draughtsman, watercolour artist, architect and teacher (died 1798)

Deaths

• February 11 – Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri, Italian architect (born 1656)[4]
• June 11 – Sir Anthony Deane, English naval architect, shipbuilder and politician (born 1633)

References

1. "Windmill, Church Street (south east side), Braintree, Essex". English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
2. Coleman, Kenneth (1991). A History of Georgia. University of Georgia.
3. Charles, Victoria; Carl, Klaus (2014). Rococo. 183: Parkstone International. ISBN 978-1-78310-390-4.CS1 maint: location (link)
4. Mallory, Nina A.; Varriano, John L. (1974). Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri (1655-1721). Society of Architectural Historians.