The year 1764 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

* Robert Adam's ''Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia'' published. *

Heidelberg Castle Heidelberg Castle (german: Heidelberger Schloss) is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps. The castle has only been partially rebuilt since its demoli ...

(Holy Roman Empire, Germany) is again burned and destroyed by a thunderbolt. Chinesisches Haus Sanssouci

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Exeter Synagogue Exeter Synagogue is in Synagogue Place, Mary Arches Street within the old city of Exeter, Devon, and is the third oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom. Originally built as a Sephardi synagogue for Dutch Jews trading in Exeter, it is now a s ...

( England) is dedicated. * New All Saints Church, Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, designed by Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, with James "Athenian" Stuart, is built. *

Church of St. Stephen, Borovo The Church of St. Stephen ( hr, Crkva svetog Stefana, sr-Cyrl, Црква светог Стефана) in Borovo is a Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. The church was built in the period from 1761 to 1764. First educational activities ...

in Serbia is completed. *

Iglesia Mayor de San Pedro y San Pablo Iglesia Mayor de San Pedro y San Pablo (translated, "Main Church of St Peter and St Paul"; officially, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul and the Grievance; popularly known as, "Main Church") is a church located in San Fernando, Cádiz, San Fernando ...

San Fernando, Cádiz San Fernando (, "Saint Ferdinand") is a town in the province of Cádiz, Spain. It is home to more than 97,500 inhabitants. The city also uses the name "''La Isla''" (The Island). The people from San Fernando are locally known as "''Cañaíllas''" ...

, is consecrated. * Bell tower of Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Valdemoro) in Spain is completed. * Saint John the Baptist Church, Târgu Mureș in the Habsburg Empire, designed by Jesuit Valentin Scherzer, is built. * Church of the Intercession at Kizhi Pogost in Karelia is rebuilt. * Harmandir Sahib in

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

, Punjab, is rebuilt. *

Custom House, Lancaster The Custom House, Lancaster is a grade II* listed building located on St Georges Quay, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The architect was Richard Gillow of the Gillow furniture making family. Designed in 1764 for the Port Commissioners, it ...

, England is designed by

Richard Gillow Richard Gillow (1733–1811) was an English architect and businessman from Lancaster. He was the son of the carpenter Robert Gillow, the founder of Gillows of Lancaster and London, a successful cabinet-making firm. Richard trained as an arc ...

in the Palladian style. * Holkham Hall, England, is completed in the Palladian style by William Kent after thirty years of building work. * The Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, is completed by

Nicolas-Henri Jardin Nicolas-Henri Jardin (22 March 1720 – 31 August 1799) was a French architect. Born in St. Germain des Noyers, Seine-et-Marne, Jardin worked seventeen years in Denmark–Norway as an architect to the Danish royal court. He introduced neoclassicis ...

for the timber merchant H. F. Bargum. It later becomes a residence of the Danish royal family. *

Château du Prada Château du Prada is a château in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Amer ...

in France, designed by

Victor Louis Victor Louis (10 May 1731, Paris – 2 July 1800, Paris) was a French architect, disqualified on a technicality from winning the Prix de Rome in architecture in 1755. Life He was born Louis-Nicolas Louis in Paris. He did not adopt the name Vic ...

, is built. * The Chinese House in

Sanssouci Park Sanssouci Park is a large park surrounding Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany, built under Frederick the Great in the mid-1700s. Following the terracing of the vineyard and the completion of the palace, the surroundings were included in the stru ...

, Potsdam (Prussia), designed by

Johann Gottfried Büring Johann Gottfried Büring (1723 – after 1788) was a German master builder and architect of the late Baroque period. He was born either in Berlin or Hamburg, but mainly worked in Potsdam, supervising the construction of the Sanssouci Picture Gal ...

, is completed. *

Jade Belt Bridge The Jade Belt Bridge (), also known as the ''Camel's Back Bridge'', is an 18th-century pedestrian moon bridge located on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. It is famous for its distinctive tall thin single arch. The Jade Belt Bri ...

in grounds of Summer Palace, Beijing (Qing dynasty China) is completed. *

Sandy Hook Light __NOTOC__ The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by Isa ...

, New Jersey, is designed and built by Isaac Conro. * Construction work begins on the Theatre Royal, Bristol, England, designed by James Paty. * Remodelling of Łazienki Palace in Warsaw by

Domenico Merlini Domenico Merlini () (22 February 1730 – 20 February 1797) was an Italian-Polish architect whose work was mostly in the classical style. Life and Style From 1750 till his death, Merlini lived in Poland. In 1768, he became a nobleman and later ...

is begun (completed

1795 Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the Central England temperature, CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Uni ...

Births

* May 1 – Benjamin Latrobe, British-born American neoclassical architect best known for the United States Capitol (died

1820 Events January–March *January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7). *January 8 – General Maritime T ...

) *

July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...

– Louis-Pierre Baltard, French architect and engraver (died

1846 Events January–March * January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom. * January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway' ...

) * August 22 –

Charles Percier Charles Percier (; 22 August 1764 – 5 September 1838) was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in a close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend from student days. For ...

, French neoclassical architect, interior decorator and designer (died

1838 Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...

)

Deaths

* August 7 – James Burrough, English academic, antiquary and amateur architect (born

1691 Events January–March * January 6 – King William III of England, who rules Scotland and Ireland as well as being the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, departs from Margate to tend to the affairs of the Netherlands. * January 14 – A ...

) *''Unknown'' –

Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto (1672 – 1764) was an Italian architect from Venice. He is said to have taught architectural drawing to the engraver Giovanni Piranesi. Like many eclectic architects of his time, it is difficult to pin down a specif ...

, Venetian architect (born c.1700)

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