Editing 1896 in architecture (section)

==Events==
* February 21 — The original [[Union Station (Providence)|Union Station]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] was destroyed by fire.<ref>{{cite web|title=The End of Tefft's Depot|url=https://sites.google.com/site/rrstationsofprovidence/home/before-the-union-station/the-union-station/more-union-station/the-other-stations/the-search-for-a-new-station/the-end-of-tefft-s-depot|website=RR Stations of Providence|accessdate=4 November 2018}}</ref>
* [[April 16]] – The [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] in England acquires its first building for preservation, [[Alfriston Clergy House]], a 14th century [[Wealden hall house]].
* ''[[A History of Architecture]]'' by Sir [[Banister Fletcher]] is published.
* Construction of [[Gasometer, Vienna]], begins.<ref>{{cite web|title=Industrial Renovation: The Gasometers of Vienna|url=http://twistedsifter.com/2009/10/gasometers-of-vienna/ |date=2009-10-06 |accessdate=2012-02-24 |work=Twisted Sifter |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225070743/http://twistedsifter.com/2009/10/gasometers-of-vienna/ |archivedate=2012-02-25 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The [[Arts and Crafts movement]] house [[Munstead Wood]] in [[Surrey]], England, is designed by architect [[Edwin Lutyens]] for garden designer [[Gertrude Jekyll]], his first major commission and the start of an influential partnership.
* [[Casa Martí]] in [[Barcelona]] designed by [[Josep Puig i Cadafalch]].
* Millennial exhibition commemorating the [[Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin]] in [[Budapest]]: [[Vajdahunyad Castle]] is built in [[City Park (Budapest)|City Park]] by [[Ignác Alpár]], incorporating architectural styles of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]; it is subsequently reconstructed as a permanent building. The [[Hungarian Parliament Building]] is inaugurated (although incomplete).
[[File:Berlin-Charlottenburg Theater des Westens 05-2014.jpg|thumb|[[Theater des Westens]], Berlin]]
[[File:Cathedralmajormarseille.jpg|thumb|[[Marseille Cathedral]]]]