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1726 in architecture
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1726 architecture
The year 1726 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1726
Buildings
thumb|upright|St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
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.http://www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/aboutus/history.html The Story of St Martin-in-the-Fields St Martin-in-the-Fields 2010-10-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100617043907/http://www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/aboutus/history.html 2010-06-17 deadSheppard F.H.W. London: a history 1998 Oxford University Press 0-19-822922-4 registration https://archive.org/details/londonhistory00shep
Awards
Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François Carlier.
Births
February 15 – Teodoro Ardemans, Spanish architect and painter
November 15 – Henry Keene, English architect (died 1776)
Deaths
March 26 – Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist and architect (born 1664)
September 16 – Jakob Prandtauer, Austrian Baroque architect (born 1660)
References
architecture
Category:Architecture by year
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