1754 in architecture
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The year 1754 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, Moravia, finished and consecrated.
- King's Chapel, in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Peter Harrison, completed.
- Wieskirche (Pilgrimage church of Wies) in Steingaden, Bavaria, designed by Johann Baptist Zimmermann and Dominikus Zimmermann, completed.
- Versailles Cathedral in France, designed by Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne, completed and consecrated August 24.
- Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (Catedral-Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar) in Zaragoza, Aragon, begun to the design of Francisco Herrera the Younger in 1681 and continued by Felipe Sánchez, completed by Ventura Rodríguez.
- Stroganov Palace in Saint Petersburg, designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, completed.
- Pavillon du Butard in France, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis XV, completed.
- Tomb of Safdarjung in Delhi, a late example of Mughal architecture, completed.
- Mow Cop Castle in Staffordshire, a folly, built by Randle Wilbraham.
- Liverpool Town Hall, in Liverpool, designed by John Wood, the Elder, completed.
- St Andrew's Church, Kiev, in Russia, designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, completed externally.
- Obando Church, in the Philippines, completed and consecrated April 29.
- Steeple added to Christ Church, Philadelphia, making it the tallest building in North America (at 60 metres).
Births
- 2 February - Carl Ahasver von Sinner, Bernese architect (died 1821)
- 9 August - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-born American architect (died 1825)
- John Webb, English landscape designer (died 1828)
Deaths
- 2 February - William Benson, English architect and politician (born 1682)
- 3 May - Joachim Daniel von Jauch, German baroque architect (born 1688)
- 16 May - Germain Boffrand, French architect (born 1667)
- 23 May - John Wood, the Elder, English architect working in Bath (born 1704)
- 7 June - Nicolai Eigtved, Danish architect (born 1701)
- 21 June - Johann Baptist Martinelli, Austrian architect (born 1701)
- 5 August - James Gibbs, Scottish architect working in England (born 1682)
- Charles Étienne Briseux, French architect, interior designer and writer (born c. 1680)
Publications
- Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni - La Relation de la répresentation de la forêt enchantée sur le théâtre des Tuileries