1786 in architecture
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The year 1786 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings completed
- Casa de Esteban de Luca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Creaking Pagoda, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, designed by Georg von Veldten.
- Golghar, Patna, India, built by Captain John Garstin.[1] [2]
- Henley Bridge, designed by William Hayward of Shrewsbury, who died before construction had begun.[3]
- Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, Germany, designed by Philipp Daniel Boumann.
- St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson, Ukraine, built by General Ivan Gannibal.[4]
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Charles Percier.
Births
- January 23 - Auguste de Montferrand, French Neoclassical architect who worked primarily in Russia (died 1858)
- May 7 - John Watts, Irish military architect (died 1873)
Deaths
- February 28 - John Gwynn, English architect and civil engineer (born 1713)
- October 20 - Humphrey Sturt, British architect (born c.1725)
References
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- ↑ A choice of walks from Henley along the River Thames into the Chiltern Hills. Thames & Chilterns Walk. Chilterns Country, p.2. Chilterns Conservation Board. September, 2008
- ↑ http://russian-church.ru/viewpage.php?cat=kherson&page=7 Russian Church (Russian)]. Accessed 11 December 2013.
