1701 in architecture
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The year 1701 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
[edit]- Sir John Vanbrugh begins work on a house for himself, known as "Goose-pie House" (demolished 1898).[1] At around the same time, he begins work on Castle Howard.
Buildings and structures
[edit]Buildings completed
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- Benjamin Cole House, Swansea, Massachusetts
- Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, England (first synagogue built in England)
- Dubdi Monastery, West Sikkim, India
- Església de Sant Esteve de Bixessarri, Andorra
- Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, Scotland, by William Bruce (begun 1699)
- Approximate date - Collegiate Church of Saint Magdalena and Saint Stanisław in Poznań, Poland (begun 1651)
Births
[edit]- February – Johann Baptist Martinelli, Austrian architect and constructor of Italian descent (died 1754)
- April 9 – Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor (died 1756)
- June – Nicolai Eigtved, leading proponent of the French rococo style in Danish architecture (died 1754)
- November 10 – Johann Joseph Couven, German Baroque architect (died 1763)
- Francesco Maria Preti, Italian Baroque architect (died 1774)
Deaths
[edit]- Abraham Leuthner von Grundt, Bohemian master mason (born c.1639/40)
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References
[edit]- ^ Beard, Geoffrey (1986). The Work of Sir John Vanbrugh. London: Batsford Books. ISBN 0-7134-4679-X.