1890 in architecture

The year 1890 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

 * February 3 – Ypsilanti Water Tower, Ypsilanti, Michigan, designed by William R. Coats, is completed.
 * March 4 – The Forth Bridge across the Firth of Forth from South Queensferry to North Queensferry in Scotland, designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, is opened.
 * May 13 - Parish church of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London, designed by J. D. Sedding, is consecrated.
 * May 30 – The James A. Garfield Memorial at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by George W. Keller, is dedicated.
 * September 29 – St James's Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place, Westminster, designed by Edward Goldie, is opened.
 * The Arcade in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by John Eisenmann.
 * The Demarest Building, a commercial building on Fifth Avenue in New York City, designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Russell, is completed.
 * Edwin Lutyens' first commission, Crooksbury, a country house near Farnham, England, is completed.
 * The Second Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White, is completed on the site of the first Madison Square Garden.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Gibson.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Emmanuel Pontremoli.

Births

 * February 9 – J. J. P. Oud, Dutch architect (died 1963)
 * April 17 – Carl Krayl, German architect (died 1947)
 * March 20 – Owen Williams, English structural engineer (died 1969)
 * May 4 – Ingrid Wallberg, Swedish architect (died 1965)
 * July 31 – Louis de Soissons, Canadian-born English architect (died 1962)
 * November 23 – El Lissitzky, Russian architect and designer (died 1941)
 * Philip Hepworth, English architect (died 1963)

Deaths

 * October 20 – Alfred B. Mullett, American architect (born 1834)