1762 in architecture
# 1762 in architecture

The year 1762 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Events

* King George III of the United Kingdom begins remodelling Buckingham Palace as his family's main London residence.
* Construction of the Petit Trianon in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in France to the design of Ange-Jacques Gabriel begins.
* Construction of the Brick Market in Newport, Rhode Island, to the design of Peter Harrison begins (completed 1772).

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* Milsom Street, Bath, England, is built by Thomas Lightholder.
* Plymouth Synagogue in England, the oldest synagogue built by Ashkenazi Jews in the English-speaking world, is built, apparently without an architect.
* St George's German Lutheran Church in London is built.
* Old St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Smith after Palladio, is completed.
* Old City Hall (Aalborg) in Denmark, built by Daniel Popp, is completed.
* Old State House (Providence, Rhode Island) is substantially completed.
* Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, is rebuilt after a fire.
* Richmond Place on the River Thames at Richmond, England, designed by Robert Taylor, is completed for Sir Charles Asgill.
* Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York, designed by John Gaborial, is completed.
* Upton Scott House in Annapolis, Maryland, is built by William Brown.
* Notre-Dame de Guebwiller is started (completed in 1785)

## Publications

* James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's Antiquities of Athens.

## Births

* April 14 – Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archeologist (died 1839)
* September 20 – Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, French neoclassical architect, interior decorator and designer (died 1853)

## Deaths

* December 17? – Charles Labelye, Swiss civil engineer (born 1705)
* date unknown – Rosario Gagliardi, Sicilian architect (born 1698)
