1786 in architecture explained

The year 1786 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• Casa de Esteban de Luca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]
• Golghar, Patna, India, built by Captain John Garstin.^{[2] [3]}
• Henley Bridge, designed by William Hayward of Shrewsbury,^[4] who died before construction was completed.
• Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, Germany, designed by Michael Philipp Boumann.^[5]
• St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson, Ukraine, built by General Ivan Gannibal.^[6]

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Charles Percier.

Births

• January 23 – Auguste de Montferrand, French Neoclassical architect who worked primarily in Russia (died 1858)
• May 7 – John Watts, Irish military architect (died 1873)

Deaths

• February 28 – John Gwynn, English architect and civil engineer (born 1713)
• October 20 – Humphrey Sturt, British architect (born c.1725)

Notes and References

1. Book: Michael Luongo. Frommer's Buenos Aires. registration. 11 October 2005. John Wiley & Sons. 978-0-471-75124-3. 109–.
2. http://images.vam.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXFIRST_=39&_IXSS_=_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dIXID%3d%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26%2524%253dIXOBJECT%3d%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d15%26%252asform%3dvanda%26%2524%253dIXNAME%3d%26_IXSESSION_%3dkqOBQ7B2FSq%26%2524%253dIXPLACE%3d%26_IXadv_%3d0%26search%3dsearch%26%2524%253dIXMATERIAL%3d%26%2524%253ds%3dpatna%26%2524%253dop%3dAND%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26%2524%253dIXFROM%3d%26%2524%253dIXTO%3d&_IXACTION_=query&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSR_=7fdauD0_pkE&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft Golghar, 1888
3. Web site: Destinations : Patna. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140918091228/http://bstdc.bih.nic.in/patna.htm. 2014-09-18.
4. Web site: Henley's Medieval Bridge. VCH Explore. 23 August 2018.
5. Book: Martin Kieren. Förderverein Deutsches Architektur Zentrum. New architecture, Berlin 1990-2000. 1 August 1998. Jovis. 9783931321826.
6. http://russian-church.ru/viewpage.php?cat=kherson&page=7 Russian Church (Russian)