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1741 in architecture
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The year 1741 in architecture involved some significant events. Auberge de Castille in Valletta, Malta, remodelled to a plan attributed to Andrea Belli, new building for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Scotland, designed by William Adam, opens. Mineral Water Hospital, Bath, England, designed by John Wood, santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano in Rome, designed by Antoine Derizet, completed about this date. Construction begins on the following Palladian style buildings The Berlin Court Opera, russborough House in Ireland, to a design by Richard Cassels
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1742 in architecture
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The year 1742 in architecture involved some significant events. Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence, designed by Robert de Cotte and Georges Vallon, kozłówka Palace, Poland, designed by Józef Fontana II, completed. Palace of Portici, Italy, designed by Antonio Canevari, completed, palais Rohan, Strasbourg, Alsace, designed by Robert de Cotte, completed. Malplaquet House, east London, England, built, berlin Court Opera, designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, inaugurated. Queen Mary Court at Greenwich Hospital, London, planned by Wren and Hawksmoor, redland Chapel, Bristol, England, designed probably by John Strahan or William Halfpenny, built. Batty Langley publishes Ancient Architecture Restored in England, a pattern book for Gothic Revival architecture. March 13 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect June 29 - Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect
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1744 in architecture
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The year 1744 in architecture involved some significant events. Giác Lâm Pagoda in Saigon is built by Lý Thụy Long, sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda in Cairo, designed by Katkhuda of Egypt, is built. Tombul Mosque in Shumen, Ottoman Empire, is completed, st Botolphs Aldgate church in the City of London, designed by George Dance the Elder, is completed. St John the Baptists Church, Knutsford in England, designed by J. Garlive, is completed, twelve Collegia in Saint Petersburg, designed by Domenico Trezzini and Theodor Schwertfeger, is completed. The second Summer Palace in Saint Petersburg, designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, is completed, remodelling of the Hirschholm Palace in Denmark to a design by Lauritz de Thurah is completed. Remodelling of the Princes Mansion, Copenhagen in Denmark by Nicolai Eigtved is completed, the Würzburg Residence in Germany, designed by Balthasar Neumann with Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Maximilian von Welsch, Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand, is completed. Morelia Cathedral in Mexico is completed, alamo Mission in San Antonio is begun. Holden Chapel at Harvard University is completed, st. Peters Church in the Great Valley of Chester County, Pennsylvania, is built. Withcote Chapel in Leicestershire, England, is remodelled, st. Martins Church, Warsaw, is reconstructed to a design by Karol Bay at about this date. August 7 - Thomas Harrison, English architect September 20 or 21 - Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian-born architect
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1746 in architecture
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The year 1746 in architecture involved some significant events. Mansion of Ledreborg on Zealand, designed by Johan Cornelius Krieger, asamkirche, Munich, designed by Egid Quirin Asam and Cosmas Damian Asam, completed. Old Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia, completed, st Lawrences Church, Mereworth, England, consecrated. Rebuilding of main chapel of the Cathedral of Évora, Portugal, designed by João Frederico Ludovice, second phase of construction of Poppelsdorf Palace near Bonn completed. Foundation stone of new Inveraray Castle in Scotland laid, august 3 – James Wyatt, English architect May 15 – John James, English architect June 8 – Giacomo Leoni, Venetian-born architect
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1747 in architecture
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The year 1747 in architecture involved some significant events. Sanssouci in Potsdam, designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, is completed, reconstruction of church of Santi Quaranta Martiri e San Pasquale Baylon, Rome, by Giuseppe Sardi is completed. Visitation of Mary Church, designed by Candido Zulliani, is consecrated, the tower of St. Marys Church, Rotherhithe, London, is built by Lancelot Dowbiggin. Usk Bridge, Monmouthshire, designed by William Edwards, is completed, vincenzo Brenna, Florentine-born architect April 24 - Johann Georg Fischer, German architect
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1748 in architecture
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The year 1748 in architecture involved some significant events. Duke Street, Bath, England, designed by John Wood, holywell Music Room, Oxford, England, the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Europe, designed by Dr. Thomas Camplin. Mansion House, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, designed by James Paine, is completed, margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, Bavaria, designed by Joseph Saint-Pierre with interior by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena and his son Carlo, is completed. Rebuilt Teatro San Samuele in Venice is opened, chapel at Fulneck Moravian Settlement, Yorkshire, England, completed. Igreja Matriz de Belazaima do Chão, Águeda Municipality, Portugal, Åkerö Manor in Södermanland, Sweden, designed by Carl Hårleman, built. Honing Hall in Norfolk, England, built, garron Bridge on Inveraray Castle estate in Scotland, designed by Roger Morris and/or his kin Robert Morris, completed
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1749 in architecture
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See also, other events of 1749 and architecture timeline. April 12 - The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs, is opened as a library, mathematical Bridge at Queens College, Cambridge, England, designed by William Etheridge, is built by James Essex. La Vieille Charité almshouses in Marseille completed to the designs of Pierre Puget, work begins on Kings Chapel, in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Peter Harrison. Work begins on Reales Astilleros de Esteiro in Ferrol, Spain
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1750 in architecture
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The year 1750 in architecture involved some significant events. November 18 - Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London, kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, England, is commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon, to be designed by James Paine and Matthew Brettingham. Calcot Park, Berkshire, England, is rebuilt by John Blagrave, william Halfpenny publishes Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste in England
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1752 in architecture
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The year 1752 in architecture involved some significant events. Valletta Waterfront on Malta is built, including the Church of the Flight into Egypt, mansion House, London, designed by George Dance the Elder, is completed. West wing of St Bartholomews Hospital, London, designed by James Gibbs, is built, mariyinsky Palace in Kiev is completed by Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Khan Asad Pasha, Damascus is completed, rebuilding of church of San Biagio, Venice, probably by Filippo Rossi, is completed. Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie on the island of Montreal, designed by Philippe Liébert is consecrated, opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole in Metz, Lorraine, designed by Jacques Oger is opened. Osteiner Hof in Mainz, designed by Johann Valentin Thomann, is completed, croome Court in Worcestershire, England, designed by Capability Brown and Sanderson Miller, is completed. Pollok House near Glasgow in Scotland, designed by William Adam is built, kinbuck Bridge in Scotland is built
