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The year 1708 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
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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[1]
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)
References
- ^ Campbell, James W. P. (2007). Building St Paul's. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-34244-2. p. 161.