1480s in architecture
overview of the events of the 1480s in architecture
Events
1482 – Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Trattato di architettura, ingegneria e arte militare ("Treatise of Architecture, Engineering and Military Art") is completed after this date
1485 – Leon Battista Alberti, De Re Aedificatoria (written 1443–52) becomes the first printed work on architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
1480 – Ancienne Douane (Colmar) completed.
c.1480
Great Barn, Hales Hall, Loddon, Norfolk, England, completed.
Bayt al-Razzaz palace, Cairo, Egypt, original building completed.
1481 – Palazzo Loredan on the Grand Canal (Venice), designed by Mauro Codussi, is begun (completed 1509).
1482–1489 – Ginkaku-ji ("Temple of the Silver Pavilion") in Kyoto, Japan, is constructed.
1483–1488 – Church of Mariä Krönung (Lautenbach) consecrated and completed.
1483 – The Changgyeonggung of Korea is completed.
1484–1489 – Koyunbaba Bridge in Anatolia is constructed.
1484 – Palazzo Medici in Florence, begun by Michelozzo c.1444/45, is completed.
1486 – Rebuilding at Metz Cathedral begins.
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