1727 in architecture
# 1727 in architecture

The year 1727 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* The baroque Catholic church of Santiago Apóstol is built in Albatera, Spain.
* The first Palladian villa in Scotland, Mavisbank House, designed by William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, is completed.
* Widcombe Manor House, Bath, England.
* Church of Saint Maurice (Ebersmunster) in Alsace, designed by Peter Thumb, is completed.
* Trinitarian Church of Bratislava sanctified.
* Baclayon Church in the Philippines rebuilt in stone.
* Virga Jesse church, Hasselt, Flanders, built.
* First Presbyterian Church (Trenton, New Jersey) built.
* Construction of Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg) (opened 1711) is completed.
* Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, Grünberg (Zelená hora), Bohemia, designed by Jan Santini Aichel, is completed.

## Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François Gallot.

## Births

* Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, Lower Styrian church architect (d. 1804)
* Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux, French neoclassical architect (d. 1793)

## Deaths

* April 18 – Matthias Steinl, Austrian baroque sculptor and architect (b. c.1644)
