1723 in architecture explained

The year 1723 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Mavisbank House in Midlothian is designed by William Adam^[1] in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and is constructed between 1723 and 1727, the first Palladian villa in Scotland.^[2]
• St Mary le Strand in London, designed by James Gibbs, becomes the first wholly new church completed for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches.
• Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca, Bologna, Italy, is designed by Carlo Francesco Dotti.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean Pinard.

Births

• February 23 – William Chambers, Swedish-born Scottish architect (died 1796)
• April 28 – John Carr, English architect (died 1807)

Deaths

• February 25 – Christopher Wren, English architect and scientist (born 1632)
• April 5 – Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian baroque architect (born 1656)

Notes and References

1. Book: Colvin, Howard. Howard Colvin

   . Howard Colvin. 1978. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840. London. John Murray. 0719533287. registration.

2. Book: Cruickshank, Dan. Dan Cruickshank

   . Dan Cruickshank. A Guide to the Georgian Buildings of Britain & Ireland. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1985. 0-297-78610-5. 226–7.