1753 in architecture
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The year 1753 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Horse GuardsHorse Guards (building)Horse Guards is a large grade I listed building in the Palladian style between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade in London, England. It was built between 1751 and 1753 by John Vardy to a design by William Kent. The building was constructed on the site of the Guard House of the old Whitehall Palace,...
in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, designed by William KentWilliam KentWilliam Kent , born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, was an eminent English architect, landscape architect and furniture designer of the early 18th century.He was baptised as William Cant.-Education:...
and John VardyJohn VardyJohn Vardy was an English architect attached to the Royal Office of Works from 1736. He was a close follower of the neo-Palladian architect William Kent....
, is completed. - First stage of Horace Walpole's Horace Walpole's Gothic RevivalGothic Revival architectureThe Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
'Castle' at Strawberry HillStrawberry Hill HouseStrawberry Hill is the Gothic Revival villa of Horace Walpole which he built in the second half of the 18th century in what is now an affluent area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in Twickenham, London...
is completed.
Births
- September 10 - John SoaneJohn SoaneSir John Soane, RA was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. His architectural works are distinguished by their clean lines, massing of simple form, decisive detailing, careful proportions and skilful use of light sources...
(died 18371837 in architectureThe year 1837 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Euston station* Euston Arch in London, designed by Philip Hardwick...
) - Laurynas GucevičiusLaurynas GuceviciusLaurynas Gucevičius was an 18th century architect born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and most of his designs were built there....
(died 17981798 in architectureThe year 1798 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:* June 25 - Thomas Sandby * November 2 - Charles de Wailly...
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Deaths
- February 9 - Carl HårlemanCarl HårlemanBaron Carl Hårleman was a Swedish architect.Hårleman was born in Stockholm, son of the garden architect and head of the royal parks and gardens Johan Hårleman, who hade been ennobled in 1698, and began his architectural training under Göran Josua Adelcrantz...
(born 17001700 in architectureThe year 1700 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca* Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter Apostle* Federal Hall* Slushko Palace* Wren Building - Completed in Williamsburg, Virginia ....
) - August 19 - Johann Balthasar Neumann (born 1687)
- December 15- Richard Boyle (born 1694)