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1772 architecture
The year 1772 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
January 27 – The Pantheon, London, designed by James Wyatt, opens to the public (demolished 1937).http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41477 The Pantheon | Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32 (pp. 268-283) British-history.ac.uk 1938-10-28 2012-11-22
thumb|Dragon House, Potsdam
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
Adelphi Buildings, London, designed by Robert Adam and his brothers.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (Basilika Vierzehnheiligen) in Bavaria.
Cathedral of Hajdúdorog, Hungary.Sz. Kürti, Katalin (1989). Hajdúdorog, Görög Katolikus Székesegyház; a Tájak Korok Múzeumok Kiskönyvtára c. sorozat 329. száma. Veszprém: TKM Egyesület. 963-555-604-7, p. 4–5.
Tomb of Mian Ghulam Kalhoro in Hyderabad, Sindh, consecrated.
Dragon House (Sanssouci) in Potsdam, by command of King Frederick the Great.
Old Stone Fort (Schoharie, New York), built as a Reformed Dutch church.
Brick Market, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Peter Harrison (begun 1762).
Births
February 16 – Friedrich Gilly, German architect, son of David Gilly (died 1800)
June 8 – Robert Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (died 1850)
John Foulston, English architect working in Plymouth (died 1841)
Edward Gyfford, English architect (died after 1851)
thumb|Adelphi Buildings, London
Deaths
March 10 – Martin Schmid, Swiss Jesuit missionary, architect and musician (born 1694)
March 21 – Alexander Kokorinov, Russian architect and teacher (born 1726)
October 19 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (born 1703)
References
Architecture
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