1761 in architecture

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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.

Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts) when new

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.

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)