1779 in architecture
The year 1779 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England.
- South façade of Stowe House, England, completed in the neoclassical style based on a design by Robert Adam.
- Robert Adam completes his remodelling of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath, London.
- New Church of Ireland Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, designed by John Roberts, completed.
- Fridericianum in Kassel, designed by Simon Louis du Ry, completed.
- Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, completed.
- The Piece Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, opened 1 January 1779, Grade 1 listed Cloth Hall.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Guy de Gisors and Père François Jacques Lannoy.
Births
- April 10 – James Savage, English architect
- July 8 – Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect
- Edward Lapidge, English architect
Deaths
- September 30 – Johan Christian Conradi, German-Danish master builder and architect
- November 9 – Carl Johan Cronstedt, Swedish architect and inventor
- Giuseppe Bonici, Maltese architect and military engineer
- Thomas Ivory, English builder and architect working in Norwich
- Richard Taliaferro, American architect working in Williamsburg, Virginia