1778 in architecture
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The year 1778 in architecture involved some significant events.
Births
- August 31 - William WilkinsWilliam Wilkins (architect)William Wilkins RA was an English architect, classical scholar and archaeologist. He designed the National Gallery and University College in London, and buildings for several Cambridge colleges.-Life:...
(died 18391839 in architectureThe year 1839 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* Cambridge Camden Society established in England by John Mason Neale, Alexander Hope and Benjamin Webb to promote Gothic architecture.-Deaths:...
) - Carl Ludvig EngelCarl Ludvig EngelCarl Ludvig Engel, or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel , was a German architect known for his neoclassical style. He had a great impact on the architecture of Finland in the first part of the 19th century....
(died 18401840 in architectureThe year 1840 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* 27 April - The foundation stone of the new Palace of Westminster in London is laid as its reconstruction to a design by Charles Barry following a fire in 1834 begins .* Bristol Temple Meads railway station in England,...
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Deaths
- 17 December - Charles LabelyeCharles LabelyeCharles Labelye was a Swiss bridge engineer and mathematician. Moving to England in the 1720s and receiving patronage from the Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke, he is best known there for his work on the original Westminster Bridge and his invention on that project of caissons as a method of...
(b 1705)