1712 in architecture explained

The year 1712 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Castle Howard in Yorkshire, England (begun 1699), designed by Sir John Vanbrugh^[1] and Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed.
• Roehampton House in Roehampton, London, England, designed by Thomas Archer is completed.
• Palais Trautson in Vienna is built.^[2]
• St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, designed by John Barker, is consecrated.
• Construction of church of Santissimo Nome di Maria e degli Angeli Custodi, Genoa, begins (completed c.1770).

Births

• November 7 – Antoine Choquet de Lindu, French architect and military engineer (died 1790)

Deaths

• October 27 – Sir William Robinson, English architect, worked in Ireland (born 1645)

Notes and References

1. Book: Summerson . John . Sir . John Newenham Summerson . Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830 . 1993 . Yale University Press . 9780300058864 . 559 . en.
2. Book: Parsons . Nicholas . Vienna: A Cultural History . 2008 . Oxford University Press . 9780199888481 . 40 . en.