1769 in architecture explained

The year 1769 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Second Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm in Sweden, designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, is completed
• Blackfriars Bridge in London, designed by Robert Mylne, opens to the public (demolished in the 1860s)
• St James' Church in Bath, England, designed by John Palmer of Bath, is completed (begun in 1768)
• Church of St Philip and St James at Mittelstrimmig in the Rhineland, perhaps designed by Paul Stehling, is completed
• St Clement's Church, Moscow is completed
• Work on Syon House, Middlesex, England, to the design of Robert Adam, ceases^[1]
• Reconstruction of the Collegiate Church of Saint Michael at Vydubychi Monastery in Kiev to the design of M. I. Yurasov is completed
• Teatro Bibiena (Teatro Scientifico dell'Accademia di Mantova) in Mantua, Lombardy, designed by Antonio Galli Bibiena, is opened

Births

• August 4 – Vasily Stasov, Russian architect (died 1848)

Deaths

• February 25 – Henry Flitcroft, English Palladian architect (born 1697)

Notes and References

1. Book: Field, D. M.. The World's Greatest Architecture Past and Present. 207.