The year 1701 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

*Sir

John Vanbrugh Sir John Vanbrugh (; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restor ...

begins work on a house for himself, known as " Goose-pie House" (demolished 1898). At around the same time, he begins work on

Castle Howard Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Henderskelfe, located north of York. It is a private residence and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. ...

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

Scotland-2016-West Lothian-Hopetoun House 01

Benjamin Cole House The Benjamin Cole House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1690, this house is the oldest documented building in Swansea. Description and history The Cole house is set on the south side of Old Warren Road, a ...

Swansea, Massachusetts Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts. It is located at the mouth of the Taunton River, just west of Fall River, south of Boston, and southeast of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 17,144 at the 2020 c ...

Bevis Marks Synagogue Bevis Marks Synagogue, officially Qahal Kadosh Sha'ar ha-Shamayim ( he, קָהָל קָדוֹשׁ שַׁעַר הַשָׁמַיִם, "Holy Congregation Gate of Heaven"), is the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom in continuous use. It is loc ...

, London, England (first synagogue built in England) * Dubdi Monastery, West Sikkim, India *

Església de Sant Esteve de Bixessarri Església de Sant Esteve de Bixessarri is a church located in Bixessarri, Sant Julià de Lòria Parish, Andorra. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra The Cultural Heritage of Andorra is an organization in Ando ...

, Andorra *

Hopetoun House Hopetoun House is a country house near South Queensferry owned by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, a charity established in 1974 to preserve the house and grounds as a national monument, to protect and improve their amenities, and to pre ...

, South Queensferry, Scotland, by William Bruce (begun 1699) * Approximate date - Collegiate Church of Saint Magdalena and Saint Stanisław in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

, Poland (begun 1651)

Births

*February –

Johann Baptist Martinelli Johann Baptist Martinelli or Giovanni Battista Martinelli (February 1701 – June 21, 1754) was an Austrian architect and of Italian descent. He was born in Vienna, the son of architect Franz Martinelli. In cooperation with his brother Anton ...

, Austrian architect and constructor of Italian descent (died

1754 Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...

) *April 9 – Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor (died

1756 Events January–March * January 16 – The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Great Britain and Prussia, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Kingdom of Hanover, controlled by King George II of Great Britain. *February 7 ...

) *June –

Nicolai Eigtved Nicolai Eigtved, also known as Niels Eigtved (4 June 1701 – 7 June 1754) was a Danish architect. He introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo or late baroque style in Danish architecture during the 1730s–1740s. He desig ...

, leading proponent of the French rococo style in Danish architecture (died

) *November 10 –

Johann Joseph Couven Johann Joseph Couven (10 November 1701 – 12 September 1763) was a German Baroque architect. He was born in Aachen, where he also died. His legacy includes several religious and secular buildings in Germany (mostly in or near Aachen, e.g. ...

, German Baroque architect (died

1763 Events January–March * January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. * February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Meck ...

) * Francesco Maria Preti, Italian Baroque architect (died

1774 Events January–March * January 21 – Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. * January 27 ** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and feathers British customs c ...

)

Deaths

*Abraham Leuthner von Grundt, Bohemian master mason (born c.1639/40)

References

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