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Overview of the events of 1769 in architecture
The year 1769 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Architects' drawing for
Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm
- Second
Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm in Sweden, designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, is completed
-
Blackfriars Bridge in
London, designed by
Robert Mylne, opens to the public (demolished in the 1860s)
- St James' Church in
Bath, England, designed by
John Palmer of Bath, is completed (begun in
1768)
- Church of St Philip and St James at
Mittelstrimmig in the Rhineland, perhaps designed by Paul Stehling, is completed
-
St Clement's Church, Moscow is completed
- Work on
Syon House,
Middlesex,
England, to the design of
Robert Adam, ceases
[1]
- Reconstruction of the Collegiate Church of Saint Michael at
Vydubychi Monastery in
Kiev to the design of M. I. Yurasov is completed
-
Teatro Bibiena (Teatro Scientifico dell'Accademia di Mantova) in
Mantua, Lombardy, designed by
Antonio Galli Bibiena, is opened
Births
Deaths
References
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^ Field, D. M. The World's Greatest Architecture Past and Present. p. 207.