1738 in architecture

Events

 * William Kent is appointed to remodel Rousham House and gardens in Oxfordshire, England, "a landmark in the history of the Romantic movement."

Buildings

 * Château de Bagnolet, Paris.
 * San Simeone Piccolo on the Grand Canal (Venice), designed by Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto, completed.
 * Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma, Algeciras, Spain, designed by Alonso Barranco and completed by Isidro Casaus.
 * Welsh Charity School, Clerkenwell, London, designed by James Steer.
 * Residenz Ansbach reconstruction completed by Leopold Retti.

Publications

 * Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni – Description abregée de l'eglise Saint Pierre de Rome (Paris)

Births

 * Matvey Kazakov, Russian neoclassical architect (died 1812)
 * Approximate date – John Palmer of Bath, English architect (died 1817)

Deaths

 * January 20 – Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect, designer and painter (born 1659)
 * March 16 – George Bähr, German architect; designer of Protestant churches (born 1666)
 * Date unknown – Francis Smith of Warwick, English architect (born 1672)