1895 in architecture

The year 1895 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * William Alexander Harvey, aged 20, is appointed architect for the newly laid-out model village of Bournville in Birmingham, England.

Buildings

 * Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche), 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 (now The Lighthouse) 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.
 * The Breakers, the largest of the Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island is completed. Designed by Richard Morris Hunt.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – James Brooks.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: René Patouillard-Demoriane.

Births

 * July 12 – Richard Buckminster Fuller, American architect (died 1983)
 * September 28 – Wallace Harrison, American architect (died 1981)
 * December 17 – Wells Coates, Japanese-born Canadian architect working in England (died 1958)

Deaths

 * April 23 – Francis Thompson, English architect working chiefly on railways (born 1808)
 * June 23 – James Renwick Jr., American architect (born 1818)