1763 in architecture
# 1763 in architecture

The year 1763 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* April 3 – Foundation stone of the church of La Madeleine, Paris laid; the original design, commissioned in 1757 from Pierre Contant d'Ivry, will not be completed.
* Chapel for Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge (England) designed by Sir James Burrough.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings opened

* May 14 – Nuovo Teatro Pubblico in Bologna, designed by Antonio Galli Bibiena, opened.
* July 24 – Požega Cathedral, Požega, Croatia, consecrated.
* December 2 – Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Peter Harrison, dedicated.
* St Cecilia's Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Robert Mylne, opened.

### Buildings completed

* Börringe Castle, Sweden.
* Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Croome, Worcestershire, England, designed by "Capability Brown" (exterior) and Robert Adam (interior).
* Clérigos Church tower, Porto, Portugal.
* St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania.
* Villa Albani in Rome, designed by Carlo Marchionni, is substantially completed.
* Donnington Grove in Berkshire, England, designed by John Chute, is built.
* Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, rebuilding by Nicolò Pacassi is completed.
* Present Use Storehouse (No. 11), Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, England, is built.

## Births

* August 8 – Charles Bulfinch, first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession (died 1844)

## Deaths

* February 2 – Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński at Nancy (born 1705)
* September 12 – Johann Joseph Couven, German baroque architect (born 1701)
