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 begins.
- Construction on Ludwigsburg Palace begins.
Births
- March 6 ' – Isaac Ware, English architect
- August 26 ' – John Wood, the Elder, English architect working in Bath
Deaths
- Paolo Falconieri, Florentine architect, painter and mathematician