1722 in architecture explained

The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Blenheim Palace (begun 1705) in Woodstock, England, designed by John Vanbrugh, is completed.^[1]
Wanstead House, near London, England, designed by Colen Campbell, is completed.^[2]
Castletown House in County Kildare, Ireland, designed by Alessandro Galilei, is completed.^[3]
Kantajew Temple in Bengal is completed.^[4]

March 17 – William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, English peer and amateur architect (died 1791)^[6]
August – James Essex, English builder and architect working in Cambridge (died 1784)^[7]
Robert Smith, Scottish architect working in America (died 1777)^[8]

June 20 – Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bavarian baroque architect working in Bohemia (born 1655)^[9]
William Winde, English gentleman architect (born c.1640)^[10]

Web site: Blenheim Palace. whc.unesco.org. 16 January 2018. en.
Web site: The history of Wanstead House. Essex Life. 16 January 2018. en.
Book: James-Chakraborty. Kathleen. Architecture since 1400. 2014. U of Minnesota Press. 9781452941721. en.
Book: Ghosh. Pika. Temple to Love: Architecture and Devotion in Seventeenth-century Bengal. 2005. Indiana University Press. 0253344875. 46. en.
Book: MEYRIGNAC. Philippe. Le Papillon Vert. 2014. Éditions Hélène Jacob. 9782370111791. 73. fr.
Web site: William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford – Person – National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. 16 January 2018. en.
Essex, James (bap. 1722, d. 1784), architect and antiquary. 16 January 2018. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/8887. 2004. Cocke, T. H..
Book: Robert Smith : architect, builder, patriot, 1722–1777. National Library of Australia. 7 July 2017. 9780916530174. Peterson. Charles Emil. Smith. Robert. Greiff. Constance M.. Thompson. Maria M.. 2000. Athenaeum of Philadelphia .
Web site: Christoph Dientzenhofer – German architect. Encyclopedia Britannica. 16 January 2018. en.
Web site: William Winde . Oxford Index. 16 January 2018.