1793 in architecture
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The year 1793 in architecture involved :
Events
- August 8 - In Paris, France, the Académie d'architectureAcadémie d'architectureThe Académie royale d'architecture was a French learned society founded on December 30, 1671 by Louis XIV, king of France under the impulsion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert...
is suspended by the revolutionary National ConventionNational ConventionDuring the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic...
, which decreed the abolition of the national academies.
- In EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Thomas Baldwin (architect)Thomas Baldwin (architect)Thomas Baldwin was an English surveyor and architect in Bath.He did not originally hail from Bath but was first recorded in the city in 1774, where he was initially a clerk to plumber, glazier, and politician Thomas Warr Attwood. By 1775, he was appointed as the Bath City Architect after...
, who was appointed as the Bath City ArchitectBath City ArchitectThe prominent post of Bath City Architect was bestowed by the Corporation of Bath, England, on an architect who would be repeatedly chosen for civic projects.* Thomas Warr Attwood –1775* Thomas Baldwin 1780–1792* John Palmer 1792–1817...
in 17751775 in architectureThe year 1775 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Fort Belan completed, opposite the Abermenai Point in Anglesey, Wales-Deaths:* Peter Harrison - English-born architect, active in the Rhode Island colony...
, is dismissed due to rivalry from John Palmer of Bath.
Buildings
- George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
's sixteen-sided barnRound barnA round barn is a historic barn design that could be octagonal, polygonal, or circular in plan. Though round barns were not as popular as some other barn designs, their unique shape makes them noticeable. The years from 1880–1920 represent the height of round barn construction. Round barn...
(16 sides) is built, the earliest recorded barn of that type. - The West Boston Bridge is built to connect BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
's West End to Cambridgeport: it spans 180 piers, and is 3483 feet (1100 m) long. - In NassauNassau, BahamasNassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
, Fort Pincastle is built, of native limestoneLimestoneLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
, in the shape of an old paddle-wheelPaddle wheelA paddle wheel is a waterwheel in which a number of scoops are set around the periphery of the wheel. It has several usages.* Very low lift water pumping, such as flooding paddy fields at no more than about height above the water source....
steamer: Fort Pincastle served as a lighthouseLighthouseA lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
for a quarter century until the lighthouse on Hog Island started operating in 18171817 in architectureThe year 1817 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Dulwich Picture Gallery in London designed by Sir John Soane as the first purpose-built art gallery....
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