1781 in architecture

Buildings , Switzerland • Brizlee Tower, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, a folly erected for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, possibly designed by Robert Adam • St. Hilarius Parish Church of Näfels, Switzerland, designed by architects Johann Singer and Jakob Singer. • Triumphal Arc, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, built for the visit of Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski to the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi. • Sturehov Manor near Stockholm, designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, probably completed. • Montagu House, Portman Square, London, designed by James Stuart, completed. ==Awards==

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Combes. ==Births==

• March 13 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect, city planner, and painter (died 1841) • August 12 – Robert Mills, possibly the first native-born American to train as a professional architect (died 1855) ==Deaths==

• date unknown – Pietro Camporese the Elder, Italian architect (born 1726) ==References==