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Overview of the events of the 1620s in architecture
Buildings
Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, Agra
- 1619 - Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, is begun (completed 1640)
- 1620
- 1621 - Prince's Lodging at Newmarket, Suffolk, England, designed by Inigo Jones, completed.
- 1622-1628 - The Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah in Agra, India, is built.
- 1622 - The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, is opened with a performance of Ben Jonson's The Masque of Augurs designed by the building's architect, Inigo Jones.[1]
- 1623-1627 - Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace in London, designed by Inigo Jones, is built.
- c. 1625/26 - Coymans house, Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, designed by Jacob van Campen.
- 1627
- 1628 - George Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1629 - Simtokha Dzong (castle-monastery) in Bhutan.
Births
- 1620: November 2 (bapt.) - Roger Pratt, English gentleman architect (died 1684)
Deaths
References