1700 in architecture

The year 1700 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * March 27 – François de Rohan, prince de Soubise, buys the Hôtel de Clisson, which is subsequently remodelled by Pierre-Alexis Delamair.
 * A new facade is built on the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter Apostle at Frascati, Italy.

Buildings completed

 * Brown House, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA
 * Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, Santiago de Cuba (begun 1638), by Giovanni Battista Antonelli
 * DeWint House, Tappan, New York, USA, by Daniel DeClark
 * Federal Hall, New York City
 * Hill Court Manor, Ross-on-Wye, England
 * Rossie House, Angus, Scotland, by Alexander Edward
 * Slushko Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania (begun c.1690), by Giovanni Pietro Perti
 * Tessin Palace, Stockholm (begun 1694), by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
 * Upper Chapel, Sheffield, England, by followers of Timothy Jollie
 * Wren Building, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA (begun 1695)

Births

 * May 12 – Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian engineer and architect (died 1773)
 * August 27 – Carl Hårleman, Swedish architect (died 1753)
 * date unknown
 * Santiago Bonavía, Italian architect and painter (died 1760)
 * Bartolomeo Rastrelli (died 1771)

Deaths

 * September 15 – André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (born 1613)
 * date unknown – Hans van Steenwinckel the Youngest, Danish architect and sculptor (born 1639)