1704 in architecture

The year 1704 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Blenheim Palace.
• Schleissheim Palace near Munich in Bavaria, designed by Enrico Zuccalli, is completed.
• Cound Hall, Shropshire, England, designed by John Prince or Price, is completed.
• Burgh House, Hampstead, London is built.
• Church of the Ascension, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, probably designed by Sir William Wilson, is consecrated.
• Construction of Hirado Castle in Nagasaki (Japan) begins.
• Construction on Ludwigsburg Palace begins.

Births

• March 6 (bapt.) – Isaac Ware, English architect (died 1766)
• August 26 (bapt.) – John Wood, the Elder, English architect working in Bath (died 1754)

Deaths

• Paolo Falconieri, Florentine architect, painter and mathematician (born 1638)

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