Английская Википедия:1781 in architecture
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The year 1781 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Brizlee Tower, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, a folly erected for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, possibly designed by Robert Adam[1]
- St. Hilarius Parish Church of Näfels, Switzerland, designed by architects Johann Singer and Jakob Singer.[2]
- Triumphal Arc, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, built for the visit of Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski to the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi.[3]
- Sturehov Manor near Stockholm, designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, probably completed.
- Montagu House, Portman Square, London, designed by James Stuart, completed.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Combes.
Births
- March 13 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect, city planner, and painter (died 1841)[4]
- August 12 – Robert Mills, possibly the first native-born American to train as a professional architect (died 1855)[5]
Deaths
- date unknown – Pietro Camporese the Elder, Italian architect (born 1726)
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