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The year 1716 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. ==Events== *December 18 - James Gibbs joins the "Vandykes clubb", also called the Club of St Luke for "Virtuosi in London". Its members include William Kent and William Talman; other notable members with whom Gibbs would later work include the garden designer Charles Bridgeman and the sculptor John Michael Rysbrack who sculpts many of the memorials Gibbs designs. *''date unknown'' * *Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond becomes chief architect of Saint Petersburg in Russia.〔O〕 * *Italian architect and sculptor Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli relocates to Russia to work on a bust of Alexander Menshikov; he works there for the rest of his life. * *Work begins on Kneuterdijk Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands, built by Daniel Marot for the Count of Wassenaar-Obdam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hague )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1716 in architecture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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