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
- May 7 – John Watts, Irish military architect