1704 in architecture
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The year 1704 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
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- English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Blenheim Palace.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/seaton-delaval-hall/features/sir-john-vanbrugh|title=Sir John Vanbrugh|website=National Trust|access-date=8 July 2017}}
- Schleissheim Palace near Munich in Bavaria, designed by Enrico Zuccalli, is completed.{{cite book|last1=Fulco|first1=Daniel|title=Exuberant Apotheoses: Italian Frescoes in the Holy Roman Empire: Visual Culture and Princely Power in the Age of Enlightenment|date=2016|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004308053|page=312|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=in0JDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA312|language=en}}
- Cound Hall, Shropshire, England, designed by John Prince or Price, is completed.{{cite web|title=Cound Hall|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1177385|website=historicengland.org.uk|access-date=2 April 2018}}
- Burgh House, Hampstead, London is built.{{cite web|url=http://www.burghhouse.org.uk/about|title=About Us|website=Burgh House|access-date=8 July 2017|archive-date=7 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207051204/http://www.burghhouse.org.uk/about/|url-status=dead}}
- Church of the Ascension, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, probably designed by Sir William Wilson, is consecrated.{{cite book|last=Hickman|first=Douglas|title=Birmingham|year=1970|publisher=Studio Vista|location=London|page=13}}
- Construction of Hirado Castle in Nagasaki (Japan) begins.{{cite web|title=Hirado Castle|url=https://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-city-guides/japanese-castles/hirado-castle|website=www.japanvisitor.com|access-date=2 April 2018|language=en}}
- Construction on Ludwigsburg Palace begins.{{cite web|title=Ludwigsburg - Germany|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ludwigsburg|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2 April 2018|language=en}}
Births
- March 6 (bapt.) – Isaac Ware, English architect (died 1766){{cite ODNB|title=Ware, Isaac (bap. 1704, d. 1766), architect |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-28728|year=2004|access-date=2 April 2018|language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/28728}}
- August 26 (bapt.) – John Wood, the Elder, English architect working in Bath (died 1754){{cite web|title=John Wood the Elder – English architect|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wood-the-Elder|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2 April 2018|language=en}}
Deaths
- Paolo Falconieri, Florentine architect, painter and mathematician (born 1638){{cite book|last1=Wallis|first1=John|last2=Beeley|first2=Philip|last3=Scriba|first3=Christoph J.|title=Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703): Volume III (October 1668-1671)|date=2012|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780198569473|page=404|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwhlLwjdG8UC&pg=PA404|language=en}}
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