1704 in architecture
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Buildings and structures
Buildings
- English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Blenheim Palace.[1]
- Schleissheim Palace near Munich in Bavaria, designed by Enrico Zuccalli, is completed.[2]
- Cound Hall, Shropshire, England, designed by John Prince or Price, is completed.[3]
- Burgh House, Hampstead, London is built.[4]
- Church of the Ascension, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, probably designed by Sir William Wilson, is consecrated.[5]
- Construction of Hirado Castle in Nagasaki (Japan) begins.[6]
- Construction on Ludwigsburg Palace begins.[7]
Births
- March 6 (bapt.) â Isaac Ware, English architect (died 1766)[8]
- August 26 (bapt.) â John Wood, the Elder, English architect working in Bath (died 1754)[9]
Deaths
- Paolo Falconieri, Florentine architect, painter and mathematician (born 1638)[10]
