Events concerning Architecture from the year 1736.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Karlskirche The ''Rektoratskirche St. Karl Borromäus'', commonly called the ''Karlskirche'' (), is a Baroque church located on the south side of Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria. Widely considered the most outstanding baroque church in Vienna, as well as one ...

in Vienna (begun

1716 Events January–March * January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, concluding ...

), designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, is completed by his son, Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. * Melk Abbey in Austria (begun

1702 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 2 – A total solar eclipse is visible from the southe ...

), designed by Jakob Prandtauer, is completed. * Town church of Piaseczno in Poland, designed by

Carl Frederick Pöppelmann Carl Friedrich Pöppelmann (1697–1750) was an 18th-century Saxon architect and son of Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. Works His works included: * Warsaw Castle * Ujazdów Castle, Warsaw * New Grodno Castle, Belarus * The Saxon Gardens, Warsaw ...

, is built. * Rebuilt church of

St George the Martyr Southwark St George the Martyr is a church in the historic Borough district of south London. It lies within the modern-day London Borough of Southwark, on Borough High Street at the junction with Long Lane, Marshalsea Road, and Tabard Street. St George t ...

in London, designed by John Price, is completed. * Rebuilt

St Swithun's Church, Worcester St Swithun's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the city of Worcester, Worcestershire, England (). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Church ...

, England, designed by Thomas and Edward Woodward, is completed. * Rebuilt Reformed Church, Șimleu Silvaniei in Romania is completed and consecrated. * Reconstruction of church of San Marcuola on the Grand Canal in Venice, designed by

Antonio Gaspari Antonio Gaspari was an Italian architect of the late-Baroque, active in both Venice and the terrafirma of the Veneto. He was a pupil of Baldassarre Longhena, and upon his master's death in 1682, he completed some of his projects, including Longh ...

, is completed by Giorgio Massari. *

Church and Convent of Capuchins The Iglesia y Convento de las Capuchinas is a notable convent and church in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. It is one of the finest examples of an 18th-century convent in Guatemala. It was consecrated in 1736 but like the rest of the city suffered ...

Antigua Guatemala Antigua Guatemala (), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque-influenced architec ...

is consecrated. *

Khan Sulayman Pasha Khan Sulayman Pasha ( ar, خَان سُلَيْمَان بَاشَا, Khān Sulaymān Bāşā) is a large khan in the Old City of Damascus.Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

is completed. * Đình Bảng communal house in Vietnam is completed. *

Roskilde Royal Mansion Roskilde Mansion (Danish language, Danish: Det Gule Palæ i Roskilde), also known as Roskilde Palace and as the Yellow Mansion (Danish: Det Gule Palæ), is a former royal Baroque architecture, Baroque mansion in central Roskilde, Denmark. Located j ...

(Denmark), designed by

Lauritz de Thurah Laurids Lauridsen de Thurah, known as Lauritz de Thurah (4 March 1706 – 5 September 1759), was a Danish architect and architectural writer. He became the most important Danish architect of the late baroque period. As an architectural writer ...

, is completed. *

Hermitage Hunting Lodge The Hermitage Hunting Lodge (Danish: or ) is located in Dyrehaven north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The hunting lodge was built by architect Lauritz de Thurah in Baroque style from 1734 to 1736 for Christian VI of Denmark in order to host royal banq ...

, designed by

, is completed. * Scots Mining Company House at Leadhills in Scotland, attributed to William Adam, is built (approximate date). * North wing of house at Bregentved on the Danish island of Zealand, designed by Lauritz de Thurah, is completed. * The Burrough's Building at

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

, England, designed by James Burrough, is built. *

York House, St James's Palace York House is a historic wing of St James's Palace, London, built for Frederick, Prince of Wales, on his marriage in 1736. It is in the north-western part of the palace on the site of a former suttling-house (canteen) for the Guards; it overlooks ...

, London, is built. * Marschall Palais in Wilhelmstraße, Berlin, designed by Philipp Gerlach, is built. *

Hôtel de Hanau The ''Hôtel de Hanau'', also known as the ''Hôtel de ville'' and (in German) as the ''Hanauer Hof'', is a historic building located on Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin ...

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

is completed (begun in 1731) *

Hôtel de Klinglin The Hôtel de Klinglin, currently known as the Hôtel du Préfet, is a historic building located near Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin. It has been classified as a Monume ...

is completed (begun in 1732)

Births

* March 21 – Claude Nicolas Ledoux, French neoclassical architect (died

1806 Events January–March * January 1 ** The French Republican Calendar is abolished. ** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon. * January 5 – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall ...

)

Deaths

* January 31 – Filippo Juvarra, Sicilian-born architect (born

1678 Events January–March * January 10 – England and the Dutch Republic sign a mutual defense treaty in order to fight against France. * January 27 – The first fire engine company (in what will become the United States) goe ...

) * March 25 – Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect (probably born

1661 Events January–March * January 6 – The Fifth Monarchists, led by Thomas Venner, unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London; George Monck's regiment defeats them. * January 29 – The Rokeby baronets, a British ...

) * October 22 –

George Clarke George Clarke (7 May 1661 – 22 October 1736), of All Souls, Oxford, was an English architect, print collector and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1702 and 1736. Life The son of Sir William Clarke ...

, English politician, scholar and amateur architect (born 1661)

References

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