1764 in architecture

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

Buildings

 * Exeter Synagogue (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 in Serbia is completed.
 * Iglesia Mayor de San Pedro y San Pablo in San Fernando, Cádiz, 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, Punjab, is rebuilt.
 * Custom House, Lancaster, England is designed by Richard Gillow 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 for the timber merchant H. F. Bargum. It later becomes a residence of the Danish royal family.
 * Château du Prada in France, designed by Victor Louis, is built.
 * The Chinese House in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam (Prussia), designed by Johann Gottfried Büring, is completed.
 * Jade Belt Bridge in grounds of Summer Palace, Beijing (Qing dynasty China) is completed.
 * Sandy Hook Light, 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 is begun (completed 1795).

Births

 * May 1 – Benjamin Latrobe, British-born American neoclassical architect best known for the United States Capitol (died 1820)
 * July 9 – Louis-Pierre Baltard, French architect and engraver (died 1846)
 * August 22 – Charles Percier, French neoclassical architect, interior decorator and designer (died 1838)

Deaths

 * August 7 – James Burrough, English academic, antiquary and amateur architect (born 1691)
 * Unknown – Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto, Venetian architect (born c.1700)