1786 in architecture
# 1786 in architecture

The year 1786 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings completed

* Casa de Esteban de Luca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Golghar, Patna, India, built by Captain John Garstin.
* Henley Bridge, designed by William Hayward of Shrewsbury, who died before construction was completed.
* Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, Germany, designed by Michael Philipp Boumann.
* St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson, Ukraine, built by General Ivan Gannibal.

## Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Charles Percier.

## Births

* January 23 – Auguste de Montferrand, French Neoclassical architect who worked primarily in Russia (died 1858)
* May 7 – John Watts, Irish military architect (died 1873)

## Deaths

* February 28 – John Gwynn, English architect and civil engineer (born 1713)
* October 20 – Humphrey Sturt, British architect (born c.1725)
