The year 1703 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events February 3 – Severe earthquake in L'Aquila damages many buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed May – Cabin of Peter the Great, built in three days by soldiers of the Semyonovsky Regiment.The Companion Guide to St Petersburg. Cambrai Cathedral, France La Merced Cloister designed and constructed as part of a monastery in Mexico City by Juan de Herrera Stavenhagenhaus, Hamburg, Germany (dated from the arms above the main entrance door) Approximate date – Church of St. Anne, Kraków, Poland, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is completed
Births February – Robert Morris, English architect and writer on architecture (died 1754) October 13 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (died 1772) December 11 – Giovanni Antonio Medrano, Italian architect (died 1760) Approximate date – Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet, English nobleman and amateur architect (d. 1777)
Deaths February 16 – Lorenzo Gafà, Maltese Baroque architect and sculptor (born 1639) March 3 – Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (born 1635) December 27 – Thomas Cartwright, English architect (born c.1635)
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