1769 in architecture

The year 1769 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Second Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm in Sweden, designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, is completed
• Blackfriars Bridge in London, designed by Robert Mylne, opens to the public (demolished in the 1860s)
• St James' Church in
  John Palmer of Bath, is completed (begun in 1768
  )
• Church of St Philip and St James at Mittelstrimmig in the Rhineland, perhaps designed by Paul Stehling, is completed
• St Clement's Church, Moscow is completed
• Work on Syon House, Middlesex, England, to the design of Robert Adam, ceases^[1]
• Reconstruction of the Collegiate Church of Saint Michael at
  Kiev
  to the design of M. I. Yurasov is completed
• Antonio Galli Bibiena
  , is opened

Births

• August 4 – Vasily Stasov, Russian architect (died 1848)

Deaths

• February 25 –
  1697
  )

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