1726 in architecture

<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2>
<p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1726</p>
<h3>Buildings</h3>

<ul><li>Work begins on the <a href="/facts/Dresden_Frauenkirche/4xsoukuN">Dresden Frauenkirche</a>, in <a href="/facts/Dresden/nKVXxIgq">Dresden</a>, <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/George_B%C3%A4hr/gVelpyGj">George Bähr</a> (completed in <a href="/facts/1743_in_architecture/6KtwDJ8B">1743</a>; destroyed in <a href="/facts/1945_in_architecture/UhESJ3Xp">1945</a>; reconstructed in <a href="/facts/2005_in_architecture/LMPcs9ES">2005</a>).</li>
<li>Completion of <a href="/facts/St_Martin-in-the-Fields/dF6K2rNQ">St Martin-in-the-Fields</a> Church, <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/James_Gibbs/GjkNKSTI">James Gibbs</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="awards">Awards</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: François Carlier.</li></ul>
<h2 id="births">Births</h2>
<ul><li>November 15 – <a href="/facts/Henry_Keene_(architect)/S6Ck3oJx">Henry Keene</a>, English architect (died <a href="/facts/1776_in_architecture/sC0p5b9k">1776</a>)</li></ul>
<h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2>
<ul><li>March 26 – Sir <a href="/facts/John_Vanbrugh/lq31whL0">John Vanbrugh</a> (born <a href="/facts/1664_in_architecture/2rPhwgqh">1664</a>)</li>
<li>September 16 – <a href="/facts/Jakob_Prandtauer/KjKhv7JU">Jakob Prandtauer</a> (born <a href="/facts/1660_in_architecture/2rPhwgqh">1660</a>)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"The Story of St Martin-in-the-Fields". St Martin-in-the-Fields. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-10-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100617043907/http://www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/aboutus/history.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100617043907/http://www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/aboutus/history.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Sheppard, F.H.W. (1998). London: a history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-822922-4. <a href="0-19-822922-4" target="_blank">0-19-822922-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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