1756 in architecture

The year 1756 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * Greek Revival architecture appears in the window design for Nuneham House in Oxfordshire, England, by Stiff Leadbetter.
 * John Smeaton produces the first high-quality cement using hydraulic lime since Roman times for construction of the third Eddystone Lighthouse (completed 1759).

Buildings

 * Replacement Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, is completed.
 * Klov Palace, Kiev in Russia, probably designed by Gottfried Schädel and Pyotr Neyelov, is completed.
 * Replacement Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Chełm in Poland, designed by Paweł Fontana, is completed.
 * Reconstruction of Abbot's Palace (Oliwa) in Gdańsk, Poland, is completed.
 * Newbridge, now Old Bridge, Pontypridd in Wales, designed by William Edwards, is completed.
 * St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Allan Dreghorn, is completed.
 * Octagon Chapel, Norwich in England, designed by Thomas Ivory, is completed.
 * Original Whitefield's Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road in London is built.
 * Trafford Hall in England is built.
 * Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire in England, designed by Isaac Ware, is completed.
 * Shaw Mansion (New London, Connecticut) is built.
 * The President's House (Princeton), New Jersey, is built.
 * First Presbyterian Church (Newburyport, Massachusetts) is built.
 * Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse, Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey, is built.
 * Saint Gevorg of Mughni Church, Tbilisi in Armenia is completely rebuilt.
 * St John the Evangelist Church, Shobdon, Herefordshire, England, is completely rebuilt with a "Strawberry Hill Gothic" interior. Elements of the previous building are incorporated in folly arches nearby.

Publications

 * Isaac Ware publishes A Complete Body of Architecture in London.

Births

 * February 29 – C. F. Hansen, Danish architect (d. 1845)
 * Chrystian Piotr Aigner, Polish architect (d. 1841)
 * Giovanni Antonio Antolini, Italian architect (d. 1841)
 * 1756 or 1758 – Francesco Piranesi, Italian-born architectural engraver and architect (d. 1810)

Deaths

 * July 1 – Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor (b. 1701)