1630s in architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 1630s - Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan in Lahore is built.
- 1630-1631 - Church of San Caio in Rome rebuilt by Francesco Peparelli and Vincenzo della Greca.
- 1630-1635 - The Pearl Mosque at Lahore Fort is built.
- 1631 - Work starts on the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, designed by Baldassare Longhena.
- 1632
- * College chapel of Peterhouse, Cambridge, England, is consecrated.
- * Work starts on the Taj Mahal, probably designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.
- 1633
- * Completion of the Palazzo Barberini in Rome by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
- * Reconstruction of the Great Synagogue of Vilna completed.
- * Completion of St Columb's Cathedral, Derry, Ireland, designed by William Parrott, the first post-Reformation Anglican cathedral built in the British Isles and the first Protestant cathedral built in Europe.
- * St Paul's, Covent Garden, designed by Inigo Jones, opened to worship, the first wholly new church built in London since the English Reformation.
- * Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto, Japan, built.
- * Grange Court in Leominster, England, built by John Abel.
- 1634-1635 - House for Constantijn Huygens on the Binnenhof in The Hague, designed by Jacob van Campen with the client, is built.
- 1635
- * Canterbury Quadrangle at St John's College, Oxford, England, the first example of Italian Renaissance architecture in the city, is completed.
- * The Radziwiłł Palace, Vilnius, is begun.
- 1635-1636 - Yerevan Kiosk, designed by Architect Kasemi, in the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, is built.
- 1636
- * Completion of Sher-Dor Madrasah in Samarkand.
- * Construction of Pont Fawr bridge at Llanrwst in Wales.
- * Construction of the Floriana Lines around Floriana on Malta, designed by Pietro Paolo Floriani, is begun.
- 1637 - Almshouses at Moretonhampstead, England, built in surviving form.
- 1638
- * May 13 - Construction begins on the Red Fort in Delhi for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
- * November 7 - The Mariensäule Marian column in Marienplatz in Munich, the first one north of the Alps, is completed.
- * The Queen's House at Greenwich in England, designed by Inigo Jones in 1616 as the first major example of classical architecture in the country, is completed.
- 1638-1639 - Baghdad Kiosk, designed by Architect Kasemi, in the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, is built.
Births
- 1630
- * April 16 - Lambert van Haven, Danish architect
- * September 13 - Olaus Rudbeck, Swedish architect
- 1632
- * July 3 - Tylman van Gameren, Dutch architect
- * October 20 - Christopher Wren, English scientist and architect
- * Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham, née Mytton, English amateur architect
- 1633 - Robert Mylne Scottish stonemason and architect
- 1634 - Francesco Ferrari, Italian Baroque painter and architect
- 1635: July 18 - Robert Hooke, English scientist and architect
- 1638: September 20 - Antonio Gherardi, Italian Baroque painter, sculptor and architect
- 1639 - Lorenzo Gafà, Maltese Baroque architect and sculptor
Deaths