1724 in architecture

The year 1724 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * Work recommences on the Salon d'Hercule at Versailles under Jacques Gabriel, after a break caused by the death of King Louis XIV of France in 1715.

Buildings completed

 * Cannons, a house in Edgware, Middlesex, England, built for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos with façades designed by James Gibbs.
 * Maids of Honour Row, terraced houses on Richmond Green, Richmond, Surrey, England.
 * Chester Courthouse in Pennsylvania (North America).
 * Shire Hall, Monmouth, Great Britain.
 * Church of St. Edmund, Dudley, England.
 * St. Stephanus, Bork, Germany.
 * Cluj Jesuit Church in Transylvania (Romania).
 * Stavropoleos Monastery in Bucharest, Romania.
 * Rebuilt Sam Poo Kong temple in Semarang, Java.

Awards

 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Pierre Le Tailleur de Boncourt.

Births

 * June 8 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer (died 1792)
 * October – Hans Næss, Danish architect (died 1795)
 * date unknown – Julien-David Le Roy, French architect and archaeologist (died 1803)

Deaths

 * January 24 – William Dickinson, English architect (born c.1670)
 * March 8 – Enrico Zuccalli, Swiss architect working for the Wittelsbach regents of Bavaria and Cologne (born c.1642)
 * date unknown – Pierre Cailleteau, French architect and interior designer (born 1655)