1762 in architecture

none December 2012 1762 architecture The year 1762 in architecture involved some significant events. Events King George III of the United Kingdom begins remodelling Buckingham Palace in London as his family's main London residence. Construction of the Petit Trianon in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in France to the design of Ange-Jacques Gabriel begins. Construction of the Brick Market in Newport, Rhode Island, to the design of Peter Harrison begins (completed 1772). Completion of the main building of Royal Hospital Haslar on the south coast of England (begun 1746; first patients admitted 1753) to the design of merchant and architect Theodore Jacobsen; this is the world's largest hospital and Europe's largest brick building at this time.https://haslarheritagegroup.co.uk/ Haslar Heritage Group 2024-05-09 Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1762 Buildings thumb|Old City Hall (Aalborg) Milsom Street, Bath, England, is built by Thomas Lightholder. Plymouth Synagogue in England, the oldest synagogue built by Ashkenazi Jews in the English-speaking world, is built, apparently without an architect.Jewish Heritage UK http://www.jewish-heritage-uk.org/sjbh/sjbh1.htm www.jewish-heritage-uk.org https://web.archive.org/web/20120522125529/http://www.jewish-heritage-uk.org/sjbh/sjbh1.htm 22 May 2012 1 July 2007 dead St George's German Lutheran Church in London is built. Old St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Smith after Palladio, is completed. Old City Hall (Aalborg) in Denmark, built by Daniel Popp, is completed. Old State House (Providence, Rhode Island) is substantially completed. Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, is rebuilt after a fire. Richmond Place on the River Thames at Richmond, England, designed by Robert Taylor, is completed for Sir Charles Asgill. Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York, designed by John Gaborial, is completed. Upton Scott House in Annapolis, Maryland, is built by William Brown. Notre-Dame de Guebwiller is started (completed in 1785) Publications James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's Antiquities of Athens. Births April 14 – Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archeologist (died 1839) September 20 – Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, French neoclassical architect, interior decorator and designer (died 1853) Deaths December 17? – Charles Labelye, Swiss civil engineer (born 1705) date unknown – Rosario Gagliardi, Sicilian architect (born 1698) References Architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:1760s architecture