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.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- Aina Mahal in Bhuj, Gujarat, India, built by Rao Lakhpatji.[1]
- 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.
- Ãglise Saint-Georges de Châtenois completed
Births
- June 7 â John Rennie the Elder, Scottish-born civil engineer (died 1821)
- August 19 â Andreyan Zakharov, Russian architect of the "Empire" style (died 1811)
- August 30 (bapt.) â Archibald Elliot, Scottish architect (died 1823)
Deaths
- April 7 â Gabriele Valvassori, Italian architect (born 1683)
- date unknown â Domenico Cachia, Maltese master builder (born c. 1690)
