1728 in architecture
# 1728 in architecture

The year 1728 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Events

* October 20–23 – Copenhagen Fire of 1728.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Expectación in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, is completed.
* Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland, designed by Sir John Vanbrugh (died 1726), is completed.
* White Lodge, Richmond Park, near London, designed by Roger Morris, is completed as Stone Lodge.
* St John's, Smith Square in London, designed by Thomas Archer, is completed for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches.

## Publications

* James Gibbs' A Book of Architecture, containing designs of buildings and ornaments is published in London, including a version of the Gibbs surround.

## Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Antoine-Victor Desmarais.

## Births

* February 12 – Étienne-Louis Boullée (died 1799)
* February 25 – John Wood, the Younger (died 1782)
* July 3 – Robert Adam (died 1792)
* Richard Jupp (died 1799)

## Deaths

* April 10 – Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (born 1654)
* date unknown – Giovanni Barbara, Maltese architect and military engineer (born 1642)
