1768 in architecture

The year 1768 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * Work begins on Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia, designed by Thomas Jefferson.
 * Duchal House, Scotland, extended.
 * In Bath, England, St James' Church is designed by John Palmer of Bath (between 1768-1769).
 * Potseluev Bridge, St Petersburg, Russia, reconstructed to accommodate horse traffic.
 * Architects Domenico Merlini and Szymon Bogumił Zug are ennobled in Poland.

Buildings completed

 * Nathaniel Hill Brick House, Montgomery, New York.
 * The Paragon, Bath, England, designed by Thomas Warr Attwood.
 * Petit Trianon, Versailles, France, originally designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel by the order of King Louis XV for his long-term mistress, Madame de Pompadour, but used by Queen Marie Antoinette.
 * Blue Mosque, Yerevan.
 * Façade of Theatine Church, Munich, designed by François de Cuvilliés, is completed by his son.
 * Reconstruction of Puerta del Sol in Madrid and construction of Real Casa de Correos (post office) there, both begun by Ventura Rodríguez, are completed by Jaime Marquet.

Births

 * April 12 – John Sanders, architect, first pupil of Sir John Soane (died 1826)
 * May 11 – David Hamilton, Glasgow architect (died 1843)

Deaths

 * February 8 – George Dance the Elder, City of London surveyor and architect (born 1695)
 * March 11 – Giovanni Battista Vaccarini, Sicilian Baroque architect (born 1702)
 * April 14 – François de Cuvilliés, Walloon-born Bavarian architect (born 1695)