1718 in architecture
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The year 1718 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- In Pascagoula, Mississippi, the Old Spanish Fort is built.
- In Bengal, the mazar of Saint Shah Sultan Mahi Swar Balkhi is built, a single domed mosque.
- In Bavaria, Schloss Weißenstein is completed to the designs of Johann Dientzenhofer and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt.[1]
- In London, St Alfege Church, Greenwich, rebuilt by Nicholas Hawksmoor, is consecrated, the first completed work of the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches.[2][3]
- The church of Santa Cristina, Turin, is completed under guidance of Filippo Juvarra.
- Temple in Shotover Park, Oxfordshire, an early example of Gothic Revival architecture in England.
- Willmer House in Farnham, England, a noted example of brick building.[4]
Births
- February – John Vardy, English neo-Palladian architect (died 1765)[5]
- March 21 – Friedrich August Krubsacius, Dresden architect (died 1789)
- May 14 – Mario Gioffredo, Neapolitan architect, engineer and engraver (died 1785)
Deaths
- September 11 – Domenico Martinelli, Italian baroque architect (born 1650)
References
- ^ "Geschichte". Graf von Schönborn (in German). 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ "Heritage". St Alfege Church. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ "Greenwich St Alfege". National Churches Trust. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ "Willmer House, Farnham". Historic England. 2000-08-06. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ "Collections Online". British Museum. Retrieved 2026-02-11.