1640s in architecture

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1630s . 1640s in architecture . 1650s

Architecture timeline

Buildings

• The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, is under construction. The mosque and jawab in the complex are completed in 1643.
• 1640
  • Børsen in Copenhagen, designed by Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger and begun in 1619, is completed.
  • 59-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (later known as Lindsey House), probably designed by Inigo Jones and begun about 1638, is completed.
• 1641
  • Tron Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by John Mylne, is dedicated.
  • The Mauritshuis at The Hague in the Dutch Republic, designed by Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post, is completed.
• 1645–1648 - Main structure of Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, is built.
• 1647 - The Changdeokgung in Seoul, Korea, is reconstructed.
• 1648 - Jama Masjid, Agra, is built.

Jama Masjid, Agra

Births

• c.1645: William Winde, English gentleman architect (died 1722)
• 1645: December 27 - Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Swiss baroque architect working in Bavaria (died 1713)
• 1646: April 16 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French baroque architect (died 1708)
• 1648 - Pietro Perti, Ticinese architect and sculptor working in Lithuania (died 1714)