1752 in architecture

The year 1752 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1752

Buildings

Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv, Russian Empire

Khan As'ad Pasha

• Valletta Waterfront on Malta is built, including the Church of the Flight into Egypt.
• Mansion House, London, designed by George Dance the Elder, is completed.^[1]
• West wing of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, designed by James Gibbs, is built.
• Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv is completed by Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
• Khan As'ad Pasha, Damascus is completed.^[2]
• Rebuilding of church of San Biagio, Venice, probably by Filippo Rossi, is completed.
• Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie on the island of Montreal, designed by Philippe Liébert is consecrated.
• Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole in Metz, Lorraine, designed by Jacques Oger (begun 1732) is opened.
• Osteiner Hof in Mainz (Rhineland), designed by Johann Valentin Thomann, is completed.
• Croome Court in Worcestershire, England, designed by Capability Brown and Sanderson Miller, is completed.
• Pollok House near Glasgow in Scotland, designed by William Adam is built.
• Kinbuck Bridge in Scotland is built.
• Hôtel de Ville, Wissembourg in France is inaugurated

Births

• January 18 – John Nash, English architect (died 1835)^[3]
• March 5 – Leendert Viervant the Younger, Dutch architect (died 1801)
• Charles-Louis Balzac, French architect and architectural draughtsman (died 1820)

Deaths

• João Frederico Ludovice, born Johann Friedrich Ludwig, German architect working in Portugal (born 1670)^[4]
• Daniel Marot, French émigré architect and interior designer (born 1661)^[5]

References

1. Pennant, Thomas; Wallis, John (1814). London: being a complete guide to the British capital (4th ed.). London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. p. 445. Retrieved August 13, 2012. mansion house 1752.
2. "As'ad Pasha Khan". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
3. "John Nash". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
4. Watkin, David (June 9, 2010). A History of Western Architecture (4th ed.). London: Laurence King Publishing. p. 359. ISBN 978-1856694599. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
5. "Daniel Marot". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved August 13, 2012.