1705 in architecture
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The year 1705 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
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Buildings
- March – The first of the principal buildings of Greenwich Hospital, London, the King Charles Court, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.
- November – In Williamsburg, capital of the Virginia colony in America, construction of the first Capitol building is completed.[1]
- Blenheim Palace is begun at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, designed by John Vanbrugh (completed 1722).[2]
- The Stadtpalais Liechtenstein in Vienna, Austria, is completed (started 1692).[3]
- Remodelling of the Jesuit Church, Vienna, by Andrea Pozzo is largely completed.[4]
Births
- January 8 – Jacques-François Blondel, French architect (died 1774)[5]
- Charles Labelye, Swiss civil engineer (died 1762)[6]
- Approximate date – Richard Taliaferro, American architect working in Williamsburg, Virginia (died 1779)[7]
Deaths
- Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham, English amateur architect (born 1632)[8]
References
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