The year 1726 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Work begins on the Dresden Frauenkirche, in Dresden, Germany, designed by George Bähr (completed in 1743; destroyed in 1945; reconstructed in 2005). Completion of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London, designed by James Gibbs.
Awards Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François Carlier.
Births February 15 – Teodoro Ardemans, Spanish architect and painter November 15 – Henry Keene, English architect (died 1776)
Deaths March 26 – Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist and architect (born 1664) September 16 – Jakob Prandtauer, Austrian Baroque architect (born 1660)
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