1610s in architecture

Events

• 27 April 1613 – Inigo Jones is appointed Surveyor of the King's Works in England.
• September 1615 – Inigo Jones, newly returned from a tour of continental Europe, is appointed Surveyor-General of the King's Works in England.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1610
• * The Changdeokgung of Korea is reconstructed.
• * The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy, designed by Palladio is completed.
• * Fellows' Quad, Merton College, Oxford in England is completed.
• * Wignacourt Tower is built in St. Paul's Bay, Malta.
• 1611
• * The Catholic church of Virgen del Rosario is built in Benejúzar, Spain.
• * The Deoksugung of Korea is completed.
• * The University of Santo Tomas is completed in Manila, Philippines.
• * Saint Lucian Tower in Marsaxlokk, Malta is completed.
• 1612 – Work starts on Bolsover Castle in the north midlands of England, designed by Robert Smythson.
• 1613 – Santa Cecilia Tower, Għajnsielem, Gozo, Malta, built.
• 1614
• * The Marian column in front of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, designed by Carlo Maderno, is built; it serves as a model for numerous Marian columns in many Catholic countries.
• * The Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, designed by, is completed.
• * Work starts on Saint Thomas Tower in Marsaskala, Malta.
• 1615
• * Work starts on the Jesuit Church, Molsheim.
• * The Wignacourt Aqueduct in Malta is completed.
• 1616
• * Work starts on the Queen's House in Greenwich, England, designed by Inigo Jones as the first major example of classical architecture in the country.
• * The Church of San Pablo in Valladolid is completed.
• * The Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul is completed.
• * The Gyeonghuigung of Korea is completed.
• * The Changgyeonggung of Korea is reconstructed.
• * Marsalforn Tower in Gozo, Malta, is completed.
• 1617 – The Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio, is completed.
• 1618
• * Saint Mary's Tower in Comino, Malta, is completed.
• * Parlement de Bretagne in Rennes, designed by Salomon de Brosse, is built.
• * Jo-an chashitsu is erected in Kyoto.
• 1619
• * The Banqueting House at Whitehall in London and the Prince's Lodging at Newmarket, Suffolk in England, both designed by Inigo Jones, are begun.
• * Naghsh-i Jahan Square is built in Isfahan, Iran by Mohammadreza Isfahani.
• * Remodelling of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, is completed by Juan Gómez de Mora.
• * Ballintaylor House at Whitechurch, Waterford, Ireland, is built by Sir Richard Osbourne.
• * Château of Blérancourt in France, designed by Salomon de Brosse, is built about this date.
• * Hôtel de Ville, Benfeld, then in the Holy Roman Empire, now in France, is completed.

Publications

• 1615 – Vincenzo Scamozzi – ''L'Idea della Architettura Universale''

Births

• 4 May 1611 – Carlo Rainaldi
• 1611 – John Webb
• 1612 – Louis Le Vau
• 1613 – Claude Perrault

Deaths

• 7 August 1616 – Vincenzo Scamozzi
• 1617 – Sedefkar Mehmed Agha