1792 in architecture

none February 2024 1792 architecture The year 1792 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1792 Buildings thumb|Stenbock House, Tallinn May 16 – La Fenice theatre in Venice, designed by Gianantonio Selva, is inaugurated with an opera performance.http://www.operatoday.com/content/2004/11/la_fenice_reope.php La Fenice Reopens on 12 November Price Gillian November 12, 2004 OperaToday.com Opera Today February 7, 2024 August 22–31 – Columbus Obelisk in Baltimore, Maryland. October 13 – Work begins on the White House, designed by James Hoban, in Washington, D.C. Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia is built. Church of St John-at-Hackney in London, designed by James Spiller, is built. Stenbock House in Tallinn, designed by Johann Caspar Mohr, is completed. The Old State House (Connecticut) in Hartford is probably designed by Charles Bulfinch (his first commission for a public building). Manjarabad fort in India is built. Sir John Soane begins work on his house in London, which becomes the Soane Museum. Awards Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Pierre-Charles-Joseph Normand. Births June 15 – Philip Hardwick, English architect (died 1870) August 20 – Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect who supervises changes at the Palais Beauharnais in Paris (died 1867) October 28 – Luigi Poletti, Italian neoclassical architect (died 1869) Thomas Deane, Irish architect (died 1871) Deaths March 3 – Robert Adam, Scottish-born neoclassical architect and interior and furniture designer (born 1728) October 28 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer (born 1724) References Architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:1790s architecture