1898 in architecture

The year 1898 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings

 * St. Paul Building in New York City is completed as one of the tallest buildings in the world at this time.
 * Compton Hill Water Tower in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Harvey Ellis, is built.
 * San Francisco Ferry Building, designed by A. Page Brown, is completed.
 * The Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia is completed.
 * The British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, designed by Francis Rattenbury, are opened.
 * The Lubyanka Building (headquarters of the All-Russia Insurance Company) in Moscow is built.
 * Arts and Crafts movement architect Charles Voysey designs the country houses Broad Leys and Moor Crag overlooking Windermere in the Lake District of England (completed 1900).
 * Edwin Lutyens designs Goddards rest home in Abinger, England (completed 1900).
 * Construction of Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico, designed by Jesús Hernández Segura, is begun.
 * The New Synagogue of Strasbourg is inaugurated.
 * Watts Cemetery Chapel in Compton, Surrey, England, designed by Mary Seton Watts, is completed.

Events

 * To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform is published by Ebenezer Howard, calling for the creation of garden cities.
 * York and Sawyer architectural practice established in New York City.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – George Aitchison.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Léon Chifflot.

Births

 * February 3 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter (died 1976)
 * February 19 – Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Danish architect and urban planner (died 1990)
 * March 4 – Robert Schmertz, American folk musician and architect (died 1975)
 * July 15 – William Strudwick Arrasmith, American architect, designer of Greyhound bus stations (died 1965)
 * September 20 – Elisabeth Scott, English architect, designer of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon (died 1972)
 * October 4 – Jo van den Broek, Dutch architect (died 1978)
 * Giuseppe Samoná, Italian architect (died 1983)

Deaths

 * August 3
 * John Thomas Emmett, English architect (born 1823)
 * Charles Garnier, French architect (born 1825)
 * September 28 – Thomas Fuller, Canadian architect (born 1823)