1895 in architecture
The year 1895 in architecture involved some significant events.Events
Buildings
- Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, Germany, by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, is consecrated.
- Holy Innocents Church, South Norwood, London, designed by George Frederick Bodley, is completed.
- Milwaukee City Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States is completed, giving it the title of tallest building in the world until 1899.
- Biltmore House on Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, United States, by Richard Morris Hunt is opened.
- Refuge Assurance Building in Manchester, England, by Alfred Waterhouse, is opened.
- Bishopsgate Institute in London, England, by Charles Harrison Townsend, is opened.
- New offices for The Glasgow Herald in Scotland, designed by John Keppie and worked on by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
- Pera Palace Hotel in Constantinople.
- D.T. Porter Building, the first steel frame skyscraper in Memphis, Tennessee, is completed. Designed by E.C. Jones.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – James Brooks.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: René Patouillard-Demoriane.
Births
- July 12 – Richard Buckminster Fuller, American architect
- September 28 – Wallace Harrison, American architect
- December 17 – Wells Coates, Japanese-born Canadian architect working in England
Deaths
- April 23 – Francis Thompson, English architect working chiefly on railways
- June 23 – James Renwick, Jr., American architect
