14th century in architecture
| 1290s . 14th century in architecture . 1400s |
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Buildings
Wells Cathedral chapter house
- c. 1300 – Nidaros Cathedral is completed.
- 1304 – Ypres Cloth Hall is completed.
- 1306 – Completion of Wells Cathedral chapter house in England, in Decorated Gothic style.[1]
- 1309 – Construction begins on the Doge's Palace in Venice (completed in 1424).
- c. 1310–1320 – Funerary chapel, Chora Church of the Monastery of Christ, Constantinople, is built.
- 1314 – Completion of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London.
- 1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral in England collapses, and its replacement by a central octagon is begun.
- 1324 – Minaret of the Great Mosque of Algiers completed in the Abdalwadid sultanate.[2]
- 1325 – The Al-Attarine Madrasa is completed in Fes
- 1327 – Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, designed by Abu Es Haq es Saheli is completed.
- 1328 – Reconstruction of Exeter Cathedral (England) in the Decorated Gothic style begins[3] (completed by c. 1400).
- 1331 – Construction of Västeråker Church in Sweden.
- 1333 – The Kapellbrücke wooden bridge in Lucerne (Switzerland) is built; by the 20th century it will be the world's oldest truss bridge and Europe's oldest covered bridge.
- 1334–1342 – Construction of old Palais des Papes in Avignon, designed by Pierre Poisson.
- 1334–1359 – Construction of Giotto's Bell Tower in Florence, Italy.
- 1337 – Rebuilding of Gloucester Abbey in England in Perpendicular style begins.[3]
- 1338 – Insertion of strainer arches at crossing of Wells Cathedral in England by William Joy.
- 1342–1364 – Construction of new Palais des Papes in Avignon, designed by Jean de Louvres and other.
- 1344 November – St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague founded.
- 1349 – Piazza del Campo in Siena, Tuscany, paved.
Court of the Lions in the Alhambra
- 1350 – Al-Sahibiyah Mosque in Aleppo is built.
- 1354 – Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Persia (Iran), is founded. (The tile mosaic mihrab is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)
- 1354–1391 Construction of the muqarnas dome (plaster ceiling), Hall of the Abencerrajes, Court of the Lions, Palace of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain.
- 1356 – The Bou Inania Madrasa is inaugurated in Fes.
- 1356–1363 – Building of the Qibla wall with mihrab and minbar, main iwan (vaulted chamber) in the mosque of the Sultan Hasan madrasa-mausoleum-mosque complex, Cairo, Egypt.
- 1360
- Work begins on City Wall of Nanjing (Ming Dynasty, China).
- Completion of nave vault at York Minster, England.
- c. 1360–1372 – Belfry added to Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy by Tommaso di Andrea Pisano.
- 1363 – Pisa Baptistry in Italy completed.
- 1377 – Ulm Cathedral begun under Ulrich von Ensingen.
- 1379 – Construction of St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk, by Heinrich Ungeradin begins (completed 1502).
- c. 1380 – Construction of Kuressaare Castle in present-day Estonia started.
- 1380–1392 – Llotja (Exchange), Barcelona, Catalonia
- 1381 – Santa Maria alla Scala, Milan.
- c. 1382 – Work is begun on a new nave of Canterbury Cathedral by master mason Henry Yevele.
- c. 1385 – In Milan, Archbishop Antonio da Saluzzo and statesman Gian Galeazzo Visconti initiate a project to design and build a new Cathedral; beginning with the demolition of buildings previously at that site (the palace of the Archbishop, the Ordinari Palace, and the Baptistry of 'St. Stephen at the Spring'). The old church of Sta. Maria Maggiore is quarried for stone. The exterior of the new Milan Cathedral will not be fully completed until nearly six centuries later; with the last external gate being finished in the 1960s.
- 1386
- The Qutub Minar of Delhi is completed (begun in 1193).
- The City Wall of Nanjing is completed. The south gate of the wall, known as the Gate of China, is considered to be the city gate with the most complex structure in the world.
- 1388 – Nilüfer Hatun Imareti hospice in İznik (Ottoman Empire) built.
- 1390 – Gongchen Tower in China.
- 1394 – The Gyeongbokgung of Korea is completed.
- 1395 – Hammerbeam roof of Westminster Hall assembled.[4][5]
- 1396 – The Sungnyemun, Dongdaemun and Jongmyo of Korea are completed.
- 1397 – Nave vault of St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków completed by Nicholas Werhner.
- 1400 – Canterbury Cathedral nave is completed.
Births
- 1310 - Jean d'Oisy, Brabantine architect (died 1377)
- c. 1320 - Henry Yevele, English master mason (died 1400)
- c. 1330 - Peter Parler, Bohemian architect (died 1399)
- c. 1350 - Antonio di Vincenzo, Bolognese architect (died 1401/02)
- c. 1359 - Johann Parler, Bohemian architect (died 1405/06)
- 1377 - Filippo Brunelleschi, Florentine architect (died 1446)
- 1386 - Donatello, born Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, Florentine sculptor (died 1466)
- 1391 - Michelozzo born Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, Florentine sculptor and architect (died 1472?)
Deaths
- 1337: January 8 - Giotto, Florentine painter and architect (born 1267)
- c. 1347 - Agostino da Siena, Italian architect and sculptor (born c. 1285)
- 1352 - Matthias of Arras, French architect working in Bohemia (born c. 1290)
- c. 1364 - Alan of Walsingham, English bishop and architect
- 1387 - Masuccio Segondo, Italian architect (born 1291)
See also
References
- ↑ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 93–96. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.
- ↑ Bentley-Cranch, Dana; Marshall, Rosalind K. (2005). "Roof Angels of the East Anglican Churches" (PDF). Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ↑ Salzman, L.F. (1992). Building in England down to 1540. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-817158-4.