Overview of the events of 1705 in architecture
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The year 1705 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1705Buildings
- 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.
- Blenheim Palace is begun at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, designed by John Vanbrugh (completed 1722).
- The Stadtpalais Liechtenstein in Vienna, Austria, is completed (started 1692).
- Remodelling of the Jesuit Church, Vienna, by Andrea Pozzo is largely completed.
Births
- January 8 – Jacques-François Blondel, French architect (died 1774)
- Charles Labelye, Swiss civil engineer (died 1762)
- Approximate date – Richard Taliaferro, American architect working in Williamsburg, Virginia (died 1779)
Deaths
- Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham, English amateur architect (born 1632)
References
- "The Capitol, Colonial Williamsburg". digital.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- "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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