1893 in architecture

• May 1 – The World's Columbian Exposition, including 600 temporary buildings, opens to the public in Chicago, USA. ==Buildings and structures==

Buildings completed • Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Kraków, Poland, designed by Jan Zawiejski, opened as the Teatr Miejski on October 21. • Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) • 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==