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1766 in architecture
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The year 1766 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- 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...
, London, designed by Horace Walpole, is completed in the GothickGothic Revival architectureThe Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style. - Edinburgh New Town is laid out by James CraigJames Craig (architect)James Craig was a Scottish architect. His brief career was concentrated almost entirely in Edinburgh, and he is remembered primarily for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town.-Date of birth:...
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