1699 in architecture

The year 1699 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Castle Howard in Yorkshire. Craigiehall, Scotland, designed by Sir William Bruce and James Smith,Lowrey, John (1988) "Sir William Bruce and his circle at Craigiehall 1694-1708". in Frew, John & Jones, David (eds.) Aspects of Scottish Classicism. St Andrews Studies in the history of Scottish Architecture and Design. , p.6 is completed for William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale St Werburgh's Church, Derby, England Thomas Lambert House, Rowley, Massachusetts completed Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Russia completedOkulich-Kazarin, Sputnik po drevnemu Pskovy.

Births February 10 – Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, Spanish Baroque architect (died 1725) February 17 – Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian painter and architect (died 1753) date unknown Matthew Brettingham, English Palladian country and town house architect (died 1769) Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish Palladian architect (died 1733)

Deaths November – Stephen Manwaring, North Carolina architect (born c.1640)North Carolina Architects & Builders: a Biographical Dictionary. Accessed 18 April 2013

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