1716 in architecture explained
The year 1716 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- June 21 – Work begins on construction of the Codrington Library at All Souls College, Oxford, to the design of Nicholas Hawksmoor; it will be completed in 1751.[2]
- America's first lighthouse, Boston Light, is built; it will be destroyed in the American Revolution and rebuilt in 1783.
- In Buenos Aires, Argentina, a monastery is built by Franciscan Recoleto monks; the complex will serve as a hospital during the English invasions.
- Schloß Oberhof, Grünstadt, Rhineland.
- Veltrusy Mansion, Bohemia, designed by František Maxmilián Kaňka.
- Lasha Great Mosque, Lhasa, Tibet.
- Work begins on Kneuterdijk Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands, built by Daniel Marot for the Count of Wassenaar-Obdam.[3]
Births
Deaths
Notes and References
- OBook: Medvedkova, Olga. Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, architecte 1679–1719 – De Paris à Saint-Pétersbourg. Paris. Alain Baudry & Cie. 2007. 978-2-9528617-0-0.
- Web site: Library Architecture. The Codrington Library. All Souls College. Oxford. 2016-11-12.
- Web site: Hague . https://web.archive.org/web/20020527044925/http://home-2.tiscali.nl/~aarde01/kroonprins.htm . dead . 2002-05-27 . Schram . Chris .