1520s in architecture
# 1520s in architecture

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* c. 1520
   * Lupert's Range (third side of the Eton School Yard), with Lupert's Tower, designed by architect Henry Redman, completed at Eton College in England.
   * Metz Cathedral in the Duchy of Lorraine completed by construction of south transept.
   * Rebuilding of San Giacomo Scossacavalli in Rome begun by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (completed 1592).
* 1521
   * Château de Chenonceau built in the French Loire Valley.
   * Rebuilding of Hampton Court Palace near London completed by Cardinal Wolsey.
* 1522 – Vilnius City wall completed, including the Gate of Dawn.
* 1523 – Completion of Saint-Jacques Tower, Paris.
* 1525
   * Laurentian Library in Florence designed by Michelangelo.
   * Rebuilding of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham, England, probably to the design of John Wastell (died 1515), completed.
   * Rebuilding of Segovia Cathedral begun by Juan Gil de Hontañón.
   * Palazzo del Te, Mantua, begun by Giulio Romano.
* 1527 – Kabuli Bagh Mosque in Panipat, Mughal Empire, built.
* 1528
   * St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England completed.
   * Zhaosi Hall, Wuxi, China completed.

## Events

* Jacopo Sansovino is appointed chief architect and superintendent of properties (Protomaestro or Proto) to the Procurators of San Marco in Venice.

## Births

* c.1520 – Girolamo Cassar, Maltese architect and engineer (d. c. 1589–92)
* 1521: April 5 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect and engineer (d. 1570)
* 1527 – Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch architect and engineer (d. c. 1607)

## Deaths

* 1520: April 6 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)
