1712 in architecture

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The year 1712 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Castle Howard in Yorkshire, England (begun 1699), designed by Sir John Vanbrugh^[1] and Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed.
• Roehampton House in Roehampton, London, England, designed by Thomas Archer is completed.
• Palais Trautson in Vienna is built.^[2]
• St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, designed by John Barker, is consecrated.
• Construction of church of Santissimo Nome di Maria e degli Angeli Custodi, Genoa, begins (completed c.1770).

Births

• November 7 – Antoine Choquet de Lindu, French architect and military engineer (died 1790)

Deaths

• October 27 – Sir
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References

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