Overview of the events of 1757 in architecture
The year 1757 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Frederiks Hospital , Copenhagen , is opened.
Middlesex Hospital , London, is opened.
Vorontsov Palace (Saint Petersburg) , designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli , is completed.
Gammel Holtegård near Copenhagen is completed by architect Lauritz de Thurah as a house for himself.
Hôtel d'Esmivy de Moissac in Aix-en-Provence is completed with a façade designed by Georges Vallon .
Nuthall Temple in Nottinghamshire, England, a Palladian house attributed to the polymath Thomas Wright , is completed.[ 1]
Swinfen Hall in Staffordshire, England, designed by Benjamin Wyatt , is built.
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Negoslavci in Croatia is completed.
Wolvendaal Church in Colombo (Dutch Ceylon ) is completed.
Ossian's Hall of Mirrors in Scotland, a folly, is built.
Vorontsov Palace (Saint Petersburg)
Publications
William Chambers – Designs of Chinese Buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils: to which is annexed a description of their temples, houses, gardens, &c. (London)
Births
Deaths
References