The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Blenheim Palace Blenheim Palace (pronounced ) is a country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough and the only non-royal, non- episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, on ...

(begun

1705 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Sunday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's first opera, ''Almira'' is p ...

) in Woodstock, England, designed by

John Vanbrugh Sir John Vanbrugh (; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restora ...

, is completed. * Wanstead House, near London, England, designed by

Colen Campbell Colen Campbell (15 June 1676 – 13 September 1729) was a pioneering Scottish architect and architectural writer, credited as a founder of the Georgian style. For most of his career, he resided in Italy and England. As well as his architectural ...

, is completed. * Castletown House in County Kildare, Ireland, designed by Alessandro Galilei, is completed. * Kantajew Temple in Bengal is completed.

Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome: Jean-Michel Chevotet.

Births

* March 17 – William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1722–1791), William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, English peer and amateur architect (died 1791 in architecture, 1791) * August – James Essex, English builder and architect working in Cambridge (died 1784 in architecture, 1784) * Robert Smith (architect), Robert Smith, Scottish architect working in America (died 1777 in architecture, 1777)

Deaths

* June 20 – Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bavarian baroque architect working in Bohemia (born 1655 in architecture, 1655) * William Winde, English gentleman architect (born c.1640 in architecture, 1640)

References

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