1708 in architecture
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The year 1708 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
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Buildings and structures
=Buildings completed=
- Bonnington Pavilion, New Lanark, Scotland
- Haus zum Riesen, Heidelberg, Germany{{cite book|title=Zwischen Neckar und Donau Kunst, Kultur u. Landschaft von Heidelberg bis Heilbronn, im Hohenloher Land, Ries, Altmühltal u. an d. oberen Donau|language=de|publisher=DuMont|author=Werner Dettelbacher|isbn=9783770108619|page=57}}
- Newington Green Unitarian Church, London, England (later substantially altered){{cite book | last = Thorncroft | first = Michael | title = Trust in Freedom: The Story of Newington Green Unitarian Church 1708–1958 | publisher = Private publication for the trustees of the church | year = 1958 | location = London | pages = 35}}
- Taku Seibyō, Japan
- Taschenbergpalais, Dresden, Germany
- Tellicherry Fort, Kerala, India{{cite book|author=W. Francis|title=Gazetteer of South India|publisher=Mittal Publ|year=1989|page=368}}
- 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){{cite book |title=Sturgis' Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and Building: An Unabridged Reprint of the 1901-2 Edition, Vol. II. |publisher=Dover Publications |year=2013 |isbn=9780486145921 |editor1=Russell Sturgis |pages=363-364 |editor2=Francis A. Davis}}
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