1723 in architecture

Overview of the events of 1723 in architecture

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The year 1723 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Buildings and structures[edit]

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1723

### Buildings[edit]

Mavisbank House, Scotland

* Mavisbank House in Midlothian is designed by William Adam[1] in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and is constructed between 1723 and 1727, the first Palladian villa in Scotland.[2]
* St Mary le Strand in London, designed by James Gibbs, becomes the first wholly new church completed for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches.
* Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca, Bologna, Italy, is designed by Carlo Francesco Dotti.

## Awards[edit]

* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean Pinard.

## Births[edit]

* February 23 – William Chambers, Swedish-born Scottish architect (died 1796)
* April 28 – John Carr, English architect (died 1807)

## Deaths[edit]

* February 25 – Christopher Wren, English architect and scientist (born 1632)
* April 5 – Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian baroque architect (born 1656)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Colvin, Howard (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840. London: John Murray. ISBN 0719533287.
2. ^ Cruickshank, Dan (1985). A Guide to the Georgian Buildings of Britain & Ireland. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 226–7. ISBN 0-297-78610-5.

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