1704 in architecture
# 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 (Japan) begins.
* Construction on Ludwigsburg Palace begins.

## Births

* March 6 (bapt.) – Isaac Ware, English architect (died 1766)
* August 26 (bapt.) – John Wood, the Elder, English architect working in Bath (died 1754)

## Deaths

* Paolo Falconieri, Florentine architect, painter and mathematician (born 1638)
