1722 in architecture
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The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Blenheim Palace (begun 1705) in Woodstock, England, designed by John Vanbrugh, is completed.
- Wanstead House, near London, England, designed by Colen Campbell, is completed.
- Castletown House in County Kildare, Ireland, designed by Alessandro Galilei, is completed.
- Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, Grünberg (Zelená hora), Bohemia, designed by Jan Santini Aichel, is completed.
- Kantajew Temple in Bengal is completed.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture (first award): Jean-Michel Chevotet.
Births
- March 17 - William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, English peer and amateur architect (died 1791)
- August - James Essex, English builder and architect working in Cambridge (died 1784)
- Francesco Sabatini, Sicilian architect working in Spain (died 1797)
- Robert Smith, Scottish architect working in America (died 1777)
Deaths
- April 28 (bur.) - William Winde, English gentleman architect (born c.1645)
- June 20 - Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bavarian baroque architect working in Bohemia (born 1655)
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