The year 1786 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
Casa de Esteban de Luca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Golghar, Patna, India, built by Captain John Garstin.Golghar, 1888 Victoria & Albert Museum. Henley Bridge, designed by William Hayward of Shrewsbury, who died before construction was completed. Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, Germany, designed by Michael Philipp Boumann. St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson, Ukraine, built by General Ivan Gannibal.http://russian-church.ru/viewpage.php?cat=kherson&page=7 Russian Church (Russian)]. Accessed 11 December 2013.
Awards Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Charles Percier.
Births January 23 – Auguste de Montferrand, French Neoclassical architect who worked primarily in Russia (died 1858) May 7 – John Watts, Irish military architect (died 1873)
Deaths February 28 – John Gwynn, English architect and civil engineer (born 1713) October 20 – Humphrey Sturt, British architect (born c.1725)
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