1570s in architecture

Buildings and structures

1570–1575 – Palazzo Barbaran da Porto in Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
1571 – Buildings begun in 1568 are completed:
* The Green Gate in Gdańsk, designed by Regnier van Amsterdam.
* The Hall of Antiquities in the Munich Residenz, designed by Wilhelm Egkl and Jacopo Strada.
1571–1572 – Loggia of Palazzo del Capitaniato in Vicenza, designed by Palladio, is built.
1572 – Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, is completed.
c. 1572 – Completion of work at Villa Serego, Santa Sofia di Pedemonte in the province of Verona, designed by Palladio.
1573 – Construction of Mexico City Cathedral begins.
1574
* The Selimiye Mosque (Edirne), designed by Mimar Sinan and begun in 1568, is completed.
* Rebuilding of Castle Ashby House in England is begun.
1576 – The Pagoda of Cishou Temple in the suburbs of Beijing is completed.
1576–1577 – Design for church of Il Redentore on Giudecca in Venice commissioned from Palladio and construction begins.
1577 – Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge over the Drina at Višegrad in the Ottoman Empire, designed by Mimar Sinan, is completed.
1579 – Nonsuch House erected on London Bridge.
Fatehpur Sikri in the Mughal Empire is completed.

1570 – Andrea Palladio publishes I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura.
1573 – Philip II of Spain signs the Laws of the Indies which determine community planning in his overseas possessions.
1576–79 – Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau publishes Les plus excellents bastiments de France in Paris with engraved illustrations.
1578 – Giacomo della Porta builds a fountain in front of the Pantheon, Rome.