1701 in architecture
The year 1701 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- Sir John Vanbrugh begins work on a house for himself, known as "Goose-pie House". At around the same time, he begins work on Castle Howard.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- Benjamin Cole House, Swansea, Massachusetts
- Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, England
- Dubdi Monastery, West Sikkim, India
- Església de Sant Esteve de Bixessarri, Andorra
- Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, Scotland, by William Bruce
- Approximate date - Collegiate Church of Saint Magdalena and Saint Stanisław in Poznań, Poland
Births
- February – Johann Baptist Martinelli, Austrian architect and constructor of Italian descent
- April 9 – Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor
- June – Nicolai Eigtved, leading proponent of the French rococo style in Danish architecture
- November 10 – Johann Joseph Couven, German Baroque architect
- Francesco Maria Preti, Italian Baroque architect
Deaths
- Abraham Leuthner von Grundt, Bohemian master mason