1761 in architecture

The year 1761 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers are jointly appointed Architect of the King's Works to King George III of Great Britain.

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• Aina Mahal in Bhuj, Gujarat, India, built by Rao Lakhpatji.
• Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts), designed by Peter Harrison, is completed.
• St. George Church, Moldavia, with a 99-foot (30-m) high bell tower once gilded in 18-carat gold.
• Penicuik House in Scotland built by Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet.
• Dunmore Pineapple in Scotland built.
• Église Saint-Georges de Châtenois completed

Births

• June 7 – John Rennie the Elder, Scottish-born civil engineer (died 1821)
• August 19 – Andreyan Zakharov, Russian architect of the "Empire" style (died 1811)
• August 30 (bapt.) – Archibald Elliot, Scottish architect (died 1823)

Deaths

• April 7 – Gabriele Valvassori, Italian architect (born 1683)
• date unknown – Domenico Cachia, Maltese master builder (born c. 1690)

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