1773 in architecture
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The year 1773 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Pulteney BridgePulteney BridgePulteney Bridge is a bridge that crosses the River Avon, in Bath, England. It was completed in 1773 and is designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building....
in Bath, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, designed by Robert AdamRobert AdamRobert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...
is completed.
Deaths
- March 1 - Luigi VanvitelliLuigi VanvitelliLuigi Vanvitelli was an Italian engineer and architect. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practiced a sober classicizing academic Late Baroque style that made an easy transition to Neoclassicism.-Biography:Vanvitelli was born at Naples, the son of a Dutch painter of land and...
(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 ....
)