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Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1705

Buildings

• 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

Births

• 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

Deaths

• Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham, English amateur architect (born 1632)⁸

References

1. "The Capitol, Colonial Williamsburg". digital.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2018. https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:3873892 ↩

2. "Blenheim Palace". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/425 ↩

3. Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 469. ISBN 9780199674985. 9780199674985 ↩

4. Vienna. Ediz. Inglese. Casa Editrice Bonechi. 2008. p. 91. ISBN 9788847619609. 9788847619609 ↩

5. "Jacques-François Blondel | French architect". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 July 2018. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Francois-Blondel ↩

6. Jarvis, Adrian (2016). Port and Harbour Engineering. Routledge. p. 172. ISBN 9781351909914. 9781351909914 ↩

7. Martone, Eric (2016). Italian Americans: The History and Culture of a People. ABC-CLIO. p. 51. ISBN 9781610699952. 9781610699952 ↩

8. "The first woman architect". Architects Journal. Retrieved 25 July 2018. https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/the-first-woman-architect/8608009.article ↩