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
• * :File:Cambridge Peterhouse OldCourt.JPG|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 - :File:Moretonhampstead alms houses.JPG|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

• 1632: October 23 - Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculpture and architect
• 1635
• * Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, Italian-born Baroque painter and architect
• * Giulio Parigi, Italian architect and designer
• 1636 - Giovanni Attard, Maltese architect, military engineer and stone carver
• 1637 - Arent Passer, Dutch-born stonemason and architect working in Finland under Swedish rule
• 1638: May 27 - Pietro Paolo Floriani, Italian architect and engineer
• 1639: August 6 - Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, Flemish/Danish architect