1640s in architecture

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Overview of the events of the 1640s in architecture

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* … 1630
* 1631
* 1632
* 1633
* 1634
* 1635
* 1636

* 1637
* 1638
* 1639
* 1640
* 1641
* 1642
* 1643

* 1644
* 1645
* 1646
* 1647
* 1648
* 1649
* 1650 …

Buildings and structures

* Art
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* Architecture
* Literature
* Music
* Philosophy
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1630s . 1640s in architecture . 1650s

Architecture timeline

## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1640

### Buildings

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The Taj Mahal in Agra, India The Changdeokgung in Seoul, Korea

* The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, is under construction, probably by Ustad Ahmad Lahori, to a commission by Shah Jahan. 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.[1]
* Butterwalk, Dartmouth, England, 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.
* 1646
* The St. Mary Magdalene Chapel, Dingli, Malta, is rebuilt after the original chapel had collapsed.
* Chehel Sotoun in Isfahan, Persia, is completed.
* New Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, is begun to designs of 1636 by Christophe Gamard; it will not be completed until the later 18th century.
* 1647 – The Changdeokgung in Seoul, Korea, is reconstructed.
* 1648 – Buildings commissioned by Shah Jahan in India:
* April 6: Red Fort, Delhi, is completed to designs by Ustad Ahmad Lahori.
* Jama Mosque, Agra, is built.

## Births

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* 1642 – Giovanni Barbara, Maltese architect and military engineer (died 1728)
* 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)
* 1647 – Henry Aldrich, English polymath and amateur architect (died 1710)
* 1648 – Pietro Perti, Ticinese architect and sculptor working in Lithuania (died 1714)

## Deaths

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* 1646: April 10 – Santino Solari, Italian-born architect working in Salzburg (born 1576)
* 1647: August 24 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586/7)

## References

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1. ^ "Lincoln's Inn Fields: Nos. 59 and 60 (Lindsey House)". Survey of London: volume 3: St Giles-in-the-Fields, pt I: Lincoln's Inn Fields (1912), pp. 96–103. Retrieved 2015-03-17.