1754 in architecture
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The year 1754 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- The Holy Trinity ColumnHoly Trinity Column in OlomoucThe Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is a Baroque monument in the Czech Republic, built in 1716–1754 in honour of God. The main purpose was a spectacular celebration of Catholic Church and faith, partly caused by feeling of gratitude for ending a plague, which struck Moravia between 1714 and...
in OlomoucOlomoucOlomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic...
, the Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, finished and consecrated. - King's ChapelKing's ChapelKing's Chapel is "an independent Christian unitarian congregation affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association" that is "unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance." It is housed in what was formerly called "Stone Chapel", an 18th century...
, in BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, designed by Peter HarrisonPeter HarrisonPeter Harrison was a colonial American architect who was born in York, England and emigrated to Rhode Island in 1740. Peter Harrison and his brother, Joseph Harrison, came to the American colonies and established themselves as merchants and captains of their own "vessels." Peter Harrison returned...
, completed. - Wies church in GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, designed by Johann Baptist ZimmermannJohann Baptist ZimmermannJohann Baptist Zimmermann was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque.Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn. He and his brother Dominikus Zimmermann were descended from an artist family of the Wessobrunner School...
and Dominikus ZimmermannDominikus ZimmermannDominikus Zimmermann was a German Rococo architect and stuccoist.-Life:Dominikus Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint near Wessobrunn in 1685 and became a Baumeister and a stuccoist. His older brother Johann Baptist Zimmermann was an architect and a frescoist... - Versailles CathedralVersailles CathedralSt. Louis of Versailles Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, in Versailles....
in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, designed by Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne, finished and consecrated 24 August - Pavillon du ButardPavillon du ButardThe Pavilion du Butard is a hunting lodge in the Forêt de Fausses-Reposes in the territory of La Celle-Saint-Cloud in Yvelines, France. Part of the gardens of Versailles, it was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis XV and built between 1750 and 1754. It was made state property on 27 June 1794...
in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, designed by Ange-Jacques GabrielAnge-Jacques GabrielAnge-Jacques Gabriel was the most prominent French architect of his generation.Born to a Parisian family of architects and initially trained by the royal architect Robert de Cotte and his father , whom he assisted in the creation of the Place Royale at Bordeaux , the younger Gabriel...
for Louis XVLouis XV of FranceLouis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
, completed - Mow Cop CastleMow Cop CastleMow Cop Castle is a folly at Mow Cop, near Harriseahead in the county of Staffordshire, England.Traces of a prehistoric camp have been found here, but in 1754, Randle Wilbraham of nearby Rode Hall built an elaborate summerhouse looking like a medieval fortress and round tower.The Castle was given...
in StaffordshireStaffordshireStaffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, a folly, built by Randle Wilbraham - Liverpool Town HallLiverpool Town HallLiverpool Town Hall stands in High Street at its junction with Dale Street, Castle Street, and Water Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, described in the National Heritage List for England as "one of the finest...
, in LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, designed by John Wood the Elder, completed - St Andrew's Church, Kiev, in RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, designed by Bartolomeo RastrelliBartolomeo RastrelliFrancesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was an Italian architect naturalized Russian. He developed an easily recognizable style of Late Baroque, both sumptuous and majestic...
, completed - Obando ChurchObando ChurchThe Obando Church or the Church of Obando is one of the oldest and most historic churches in the Philippines. Its parish is located at the town of Obando in the province of Bulacan, on the island of Luzon...
, in the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, finished and consecrated April 29
Births
- 2 February - Carl Ahasver von SinnerCarl Ahasver von SinnerCarl Ahasver von Sinner was a Bernese architect of the Louis XVI period.Born in Sumiswald as the son of governor Johann Bernhard von Sinner, he married Maria Susanna Zeerleder in 1780...
(died 18211821 in architectureThe year 1821 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Schauspielhaus in Berlin , designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is completed.* The Haymarket Theatre in London, designed by John Nash, is completed....
) - 9 August - Pierre Charles L'EnfantPierre Charles L'EnfantPierre Charles L'Enfant was a French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the layout of the streets of Washington, D.C..-Early life:...
(died 18251825 in architectureThe year 1825 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The front and rear porticoes of The White House are added to the building.* Tuskulėnai Manor in Vilnius by Karol Podczaszyński completed-Births:...
) - John WebbJohn Webb (landscape designer)John Webb was an English landscape designer, who also trained as an architect. He studied under William Emes between 1782 and 1793, and then established his own practice. He worked mainly in the Midlands and the north of England. In Staffordshire he was commissioned by Josiah Wedgewood to work...
(died 18281828 in architectureThe year 1828 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* October 25 - St Katherine Docks in London, designed by Philip Hardwick are opened.* Marble Arch in London, designed by John Nash....
) - Samuel Pepys CockerellSamuel Pepys CockerellSamuel Pepys Cockerell was an English architect. He was the son of John Cockerell, of Bishop's Hull, Somerset, and the brother of Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Baronet, for whom he designed the house he is best known for, Sezincote House, Gloucestershire, where the uniquely Orientalizing features...
(died 18271827 in architectureThe year 1827 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Work begins on the Athenaeum Club in London, designed by Decimus Burton....
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Deaths
- 2 February - William Benson (born 16831680s in architecture-Buildings:* 1680 - St Clement Danes in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.* 1682 - Abingdon County Hall in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Christopher Kempster, is completed....
) - 3 May - Joachim Daniel von JauchJoachim Daniel von JauchJoachim Daniel von Jauch was a German architect who supervised the baroque development of the city of Warsaw.-Early life and work:...
(born 16881680s in architecture-Buildings:* 1680 - St Clement Danes in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.* 1682 - Abingdon County Hall in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Christopher Kempster, is completed....
) - 16 May = Germain BoffrandGermain BoffrandGermain Boffrand was one of the most gifted French architects of his generation. A pupil of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Germain Boffrand was one of the main creators of the precursor to Rococo called the style Régence, and in his interiors, of the Rococo itself...
(born 16671660s in architecture-Buildings:* 1661 - Work begins on Versailles, near Paris.* 1662** King Charles Court of the Greenwich Hospital in London, designed by John Webb.** Pažaislis Monastery founded .* ca...
) - 23 May - John Wood the Elder (born 17041704 in architectureThe year 1704 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Architect and dramatist, Sir John Vanbrugh, is commissioned to begin Blenheim Palace.* Castle Howard in Yorkshire, England is designed by John Vanbrugh....
) - 7 June - Nicolai EigtvedNicolai EigtvedNicolai Eigtved, also known as Niels Eigtved, , Danish architect, introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo style in Danish architecture during the 1730s-1740s. He designed and built some of the most prominent buildings of his time, a number of which still stand to this day...
(born 17011701 in architectureThe year 1701 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* April 9 - Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor * November 10 - Johann Joseph Couven, German Baroque architect...
) - 21 June - Johann Baptist MartinelliJohann Baptist MartinelliJohann Baptist Martinelli or Giovanni Battista Martinelli was an Austrian architect and constructor of Italian descent.He was the son of architect Franz Martinelli...
(born 17011701 in architectureThe year 1701 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* April 9 - Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor * November 10 - Johann Joseph Couven, German Baroque architect...
) - 5 August - James GibbsJames GibbsJames Gibbs was one of Britain's most influential architects. Born in Scotland, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England...
(born 16821680s in architecture-Buildings:* 1680 - St Clement Danes in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.* 1682 - Abingdon County Hall in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Christopher Kempster, is completed....
) - Charles Étienne BriseuxCharles Étienne BriseuxCharles-Etienne Briseux was a French architect. He was especially successful as a designer of internal decorations, mantel pieces, mirrors, doors and overdoors, ceilings, consoles, candelabra, wall panellings and other fittings, chiefly in the Louis Quinze mode. He was also an industrious writer...
(born c. 16801680s in architecture-Buildings:* 1680 - St Clement Danes in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.* 1682 - Abingdon County Hall in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Christopher Kempster, is completed....
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Publications
- Giovanni Niccolò ServandoniGiovanni Niccolo ServandoniJean-Nicolas Servan, also known as Giovanni Niccolò Servando or Servandoni was a French decorator, architect, scene-painter and trompe-l'œil specialist.He was the son of a carriage-builder at Lyon....
– La Relation de la répresentation de la forêt enchantée sur le théâtre des Tuileries