The year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Blenheim Palace (begun 1705) in Woodstock, England, designed by John Vanbrugh, is completed. Wanstead House, near London, England, designed by Colen Campbell, is completed. Castletown House in County Kildare, Ireland, designed by Alessandro Galilei, is completed. Kantajew Temple in Bengal is completed.
Awards Grand Prix de Rome: Jean-Michel Chevotet.
Births March 17 – William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, English peer and amateur architect (died 1791) August – James Essex, English builder and architect working in Cambridge (died 1784) Robert Smith, Scottish architect working in America (died 1777)
Deaths June 20 – Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bavarian baroque architect working in Bohemia (born 1655) William Winde, English gentleman architect (born c.1640)
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