1712 in architecture

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The year 1712 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1712

Buildings

Castle Howard

• Castle Howard in Yorkshire, England (begun 1699), designed by Sir John Vanbrugh^[1] and Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed.
• Roehampton House in Roehampton, London, England, designed by Thomas Archer is completed.
• Palais Trautson in Vienna is built.^[2]
• St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, designed by John Barker, is consecrated.
• Construction of church of Santissimo Nome di Maria e degli Angeli Custodi, Genoa, begins (completed c.1770).

Births

• November 7 – Antoine Choquet de Lindu, French architect and military engineer (died 1790)

Deaths

• October 27 – Sir William Robinson, English architect, worked in Ireland (born 1645)

References

1. Summerson, John; Sir, John Newenham Summerson (1993). Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830. Yale University Press. p. 559. ISBN 9780300058864.
2. Parsons, Nicholas (2008). Vienna: A Cultural History. Oxford University Press. p. 40. ISBN 9780199888481.