1779 in architecture

The year 1779 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

 * St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England.
 * South façade of Stowe House, England, completed in the neoclassical style based on a design by Robert Adam.
 * Robert Adam completes his remodelling of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath, London.
 * New Church of Ireland Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, designed by John Roberts, completed.
 * Fridericianum in Kassel (Hesse), designed by Simon Louis du Ry, completed.
 * Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, completed.
 * The Piece Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, opened 1 January 1779, Grade 1 listed Cloth Hall.

Awards

 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Guy de Gisors and Père François Jacques Lannoy.

Births

 * April 10 – James Savage, English architect (died 1852)
 * July 8 – Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851)
 * Edward Lapidge, English architect (died 1860)

Deaths

 * September 30 – Johan Christian Conradi, German-Danish master builder and architect (born 1709)
 * November 9 – Carl Johan Cronstedt, Swedish architect and inventor (born 1709)
 * Giuseppe Bonici, Maltese architect and military engineer (born 1707)
 * Thomas Ivory, English builder and architect working in Norwich (born 1709)
 * Richard Taliaferro, American architect working in Williamsburg, Virginia (born c.1705)