1752 in architecture explained

The year 1752 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Thomas Pennant

   . London: being a complete guide to the British capital. mansion house 1752.. 1814. August 13, 2012. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. Thomas. Pennant. Thomas Pennant. John. Wallis. London. 445. 4th.

2. Web site: As'ad Pasha Khan. August 13, 2012. ArchNet. https://web.archive.org/web/20120812220904/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=8309. 2012-08-12. dead.
3. Encyclopedia: John Nash. August 13, 2012. Encyclopædia Britannica.
4. Book: Watkin, David. David Watkin (historian)

   . A History of Western Architecture. June 9, 2010. August 13, 2012. Laurence King Publishing. London. David Watkin (historian). 359. 4th. 978-1856694599.

5. Web site: Daniel Marot. August 13, 2012. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.