1893 in architecture

none 1893 architecture The year 1893 in architecture, involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events May 1 – The World's Columbian Exposition, including 600 temporary buildings, opens to the public in Chicago, USA.Truman Benjamin History of the World's Fair: Being a Complete and Authentic Description of the Columbian Exposition From Its Inception J. W. Keller & Co. 1893 Philadelphia, PA Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1893 Buildings completed thumb|Salt Lake Temple Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Kraków, Poland, designed by Jan Zawiejski, opened as the Teatr Miejski on October 21. Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)Museum of the Macedonian Struggle Foundation (official site). Refinery for Pacific Coast Borax Company, the first reinforced concrete building in the United States. Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. St. Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. St. Michael the Archangel Church in Kaunas, Lithuania. Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Catholic Church in Strasbourg, France, completed. Château Frontenac hotel for Canadian Pacific Railway in Old Quebec, designed by Bruce Price, opened on December 18. Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, designed by Frank Furness and the largest passenger railroad terminal in the world at this time. Reconstruction of Ramsay Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, by Patrick Geddes, Stewart Henbest Capper and Sydney Mitchell. Bradbury Building in Los Angeles, California, United States. Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Richard Morris Hunt. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Benjamin Chaussemiche. Births February 14 – Kay Fisker, Danish architect, designer and educator (died 1965) February 28 – Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect (died 1979) May 19 – Gudolf Blakstad, Norwegian architect (died 1985) June 1 – Otto Eisler, Czech architect (died 1968) September 15 – Rene Paul Chambellan, American architectural sculptor (died 1955) September 20 – Hans Scharoun, German architect (died 1972) September 27 – Ad van der Steur, Dutch architect (died 1953) Deaths February 6 – Jacob Weidenmann, American landscape architect (born 1829) February 24 – Francis Fowler, English architect (born c. 1819) April 18 – Richard Carpenter, English Gothic Revival architect (born 1841) References