1705 in architecture

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The year 1705 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

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]

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]

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

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