1738 in architecture
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
Buildings
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- 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)