1763 in architecture

The year 1763 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

• April 3 – Foundation stone of the church of La Madeleine, Paris laid; the original design, commissioned in 1757 from Pierre Contant d'Ivry, will not be completed.
• Chapel for Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge (England) designed by Sir James Burrough.

• May 14 – Nuovo Teatro Pubblico in Bologna, designed by Antonio Galli Bibiena, opened.
• July 24 – Požega Cathedral, Požega, Croatia, consecrated.
• December 2 – Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Peter Harrison, dedicated.
• St Cecilia's Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Robert Mylne, opened.

• Börringe Castle, Sweden.^[1]
• Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Croome, Worcestershire, England, designed by "Capability Brown" (exterior) and Robert Adam (interior).
• Clérigos Church tower, Porto, Portugal.
• St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania.
• Villa Albani in Rome, designed by Carlo Marchionni, is substantially completed.
• Donnington Grove in Berkshire, England, designed by John Chute, is built.
• Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, rebuilding by Nicolò Pacassi is completed.
• Present Use Storehouse (No. 11), Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, England, is built.

• August 8 – Charles Bulfinch, first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession^[2] (died 1844)

• February 2 – Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński at Nancy (born 1705)
• September 12 – Johann Joseph Couven, German baroque architect (born 1701)