1738 in architecture
# 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

* 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)
