1738 in architecture

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Events

• William Kent is appointed to remodel Rousham House and gardens in Oxfordshire, England, "a landmark in the history of the Romantic movement."

Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1738

Buildings

San Simeone Piccolo

• Château de Bagnolet, Paris.
• San Simeone Piccolo on the Grand Canal (Venice), designed by Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto, completed.
• Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma, Algeciras, Spain, designed by Alonso Barranco and completed by Isidro Casaus.
• Welsh Charity School, Clerkenwell, London, designed by James Steer.
• Residenz Ansbach reconstruction completed by Leopold Retti.

Publications

• Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni – Description abregée de l'eglise Saint Pierre de Rome (Paris)

Births

• Matvey Kazakov, Russian neoclassical architect (died 1812)
• Approximate date – John Palmer of Bath, English architect (died 1817)

Deaths

• January 20 – Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect, designer and painter (born 1659)
• March 16 – George Bähr, German architect; designer of Protestant churches (born 1666)
• Date unknown – Francis Smith of Warwick, English architect (born 1672)