1708 in architecture

The year 1708 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

St Paul's Cathedral, London (with tower of St Augustine Watling Street)

• October 26 - St Paul's Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is topped out

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• Royal chapel (Église du Dôme) at Les Invalides, Paris, designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart
• Bonnington Pavilion, New Lanark, Scotland
• Newington Green Unitarian Church, London
• Taku Seibyō, Japan
• Taschenbergpalais, Dresden, Germany
• Tellicherry Fort, Kerala, India
• Wilbury House in Wiltshire, designed by William Benson

Births

• October 27 – Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, French architect and structural engineer (died 1794)

Deaths

• May 11 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (born 1646)