1701 in architecture

The year 1701 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * Sir John Vanbrugh begins work on a house for himself, known as "Goose-pie House" (demolished 1898). At around the same time, he begins work on Castle Howard.

Buildings completed

 * Benjamin Cole House, Swansea, Massachusetts
 * Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, England (first synagogue built in England)
 * Dubdi Monastery, West Sikkim, India
 * Església de Sant Esteve de Bixessarri, Andorra
 * Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, Scotland, by William Bruce (begun 1699)
 * Approximate date - Collegiate Church of Saint Magdalena and Saint Stanisław in Poznań, Poland (begun 1651)

Births

 * February – Johann Baptist Martinelli, Austrian architect and constructor of Italian descent (died 1754)
 * April 9 – Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor (died 1756)
 * June – Nicolai Eigtved, leading proponent of the French rococo style in Danish architecture (died 1754)
 * November 10 – Johann Joseph Couven, German Baroque architect (died 1763)
 * Francesco Maria Preti, Italian Baroque architect (died 1774)

Deaths

 * Abraham Leuthner von Grundt, Bohemian master mason (born c.1639/40)