1570s in architecture

Buildings and structures

1570–1575 – Palazzo Barbaran da Porto in Vicenza (in the Veneto), designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
1571 – Buildings begun in 1568 are completed:
- The Green Gate in Gdańsk, designed by Regnier (or Reiner) van Amsterdam.
- The Hall of Antiquities (Antiquarium) in the Munich Residenz, designed by Wilhelm Egkl and Jacopo Strada.
1571–1572 – Loggia of Palazzo del Capitaniato in Vicenza, designed by Palladio, is built.
1572 – Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, is completed.
c. 1572 – Completion of work (part of main courtyard) at Villa Serego, Santa Sofia di Pedemonte in the province of Verona, designed by Palladio.
1573 – Construction of Mexico City Cathedral begins.
1574
- The Selimiye Mosque (Edirne), designed by Mimar Sinan and begun in 1568, is completed.
- Rebuilding of Castle Ashby House in England is begun.
1576 – The Pagoda of Cishou Temple in the suburbs of Beijing is completed.
1576–1577 – Design for church of Il Redentore on Giudecca in Venice commissioned from Palladio and construction begins.
1577 – Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge over the Drina at Višegrad in the Ottoman Empire, designed by Mimar Sinan, is completed.
1579 – Nonsuch House erected on London Bridge.
Fatehpur Sikri in the Mughal Empire is completed.

1570 – Andrea Palladio publishes I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books of Architecture).
1573 – Philip II of Spain signs the Laws of the Indies which determine community planning in his overseas possessions.
1576–79 – Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau publishes Les plus excellents bastiments de France in Paris with engraved illustrations.
1578 – Giacomo della Porta builds a fountain in front of the Pantheon, Rome.

1571 – Salomon de Brosse, French architect (died 1626)^[1]
1573: July 15 – Inigo Jones, English architect and theatrical designer (died 1652)^[2]
1576 – Santino Solari, Italian-born architect (died 1646)

1570
- January 8 – Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (born c. 1510)
- October 20 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect and engineer (born 1521)
- November 27 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian architect and sculptor (born 1486)^[3]
1572: December 30 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (born 1512)
1573: July 7 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian mannerist architect (born 1507)
1574: June 27 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, architect and art historian (born 1511)
1578: September – Pierre Lescot, French architect (born 1510)

^ "Salomon de Brosse – French architect". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ "Inigo Jones – English architect and artist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ "Jacopo Sansovino". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 27 April 2018.