1705 in architecture

The year 1705 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1705

Buildings

Blenheim Palace at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England

• 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

1. "The Capitol, Colonial Williamsburg". digital.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
2. "Blenheim Palace". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
3. Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 469. ISBN 9780199674985.
4. Vienna. Ediz. Inglese. Casa Editrice Bonechi. 2008. p. 91. ISBN 9788847619609.
5. "Jacques-François Blondel | French architect". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
6. Jarvis, Adrian (2016). Port and Harbour Engineering. Routledge. p. 172. ISBN 9781351909914.
7. Martone, Eric (2016). Italian Americans: The History and Culture of a People. ABC-CLIO. p. 51. ISBN 9781610699952.
8. "The first woman architect". Architects Journal. Retrieved 25 July 2018.