1724 in architecture

none 1724 architecture The year 1724 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events Work recommences on the Salon d'Hercule at the Palace of Versailles in France under Jacques Gabriel, after a break caused by the death of King Louis XIV in 1715. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1724 Buildings completed thumb|Shire Hall, Monmouth Cannons, a house in Edgware, Middlesex, England, built for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos with façades designed by James Gibbs. Maids of Honour Row, terraced houses on Richmond Green, Richmond, Surrey, England. Chester Courthouse in Pennsylvania (North America).2009a Shire Hall, Monmouth, Great Britain.http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-2228-the-shire-hall-monmouth The Shire Hall, Monmouth Listed Buildings Online - British Listed Buildings 2012-04-12 Church of St. Edmund, Dudley, England. St. Stephanus, Bork, Germany. Cluj Jesuit Church in Transylvania (Romania). Stavropoleos Monastery in Bucharest, Romania. Rebuilt Sam Poo Kong temple in Semarang, Java. Awards Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Pierre Le Tailleur de Boncourt. Births June 8 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer (died 1792) October – Hans Næss, Danish architect (died 1795) date unknown – Julien-David Le Roy, French architect and archaeologist (died 1803) Deaths January 24 – William Dickinson, English architect (born c.1670) March 8 – Enrico Zuccalli, Swiss architect working for the Wittelsbach regents of Bavaria and Cologne (born c.1642)Sabin Heym: Henrico Zuccalli: der kurbayerische Hofbaumeister. Schnell und Steiner. München/Zürich 1984, 3-7954-0365-0 date unknown – Pierre Cailleteau, French architect and interior designer (born 1655) References architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:1720s architecture