1780 in architecture

The year 1780 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

 * April 17 – Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in France, designed by Victor Louis is inaugurated.
 * June 24 – Chesme Church in Saint Petersburg, designed by Yury Felten, is consecrated.
 * Assumption Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine, is consecrated.
 * Fragrant Hills Pagoda in China is completed.
 * Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is built.
 * Xumi Fushou Temple in Chengde Mountain Resort, China, is built.
 * Royal Villa of Monza in Lombardy, designed by Giuseppe Piermarini, is completed.
 * Reconstruction of Palazzo Tucci in Lucca, Tuscany by Ottaviano Diodati is commissioned.

Births

 * October 1 – Robert Smirke, English architect (died 1867)

Deaths

 * April 23 – Sanderson Miller, English Gothic Revival architect and landscape designer (born 1716)
 * August 29 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (born 1713)