Editing 1896 in architecture (section)

===Buildings opened===
* [[April 16]] – [[1896 Summer Olympics]], the first modern international [[Olympic Games]], open at the [[Panathinaiko Stadium]], [[Athens]], reconstructed to designs by architects [[Anastasios Metaxas]] and [[Ernst Ziller]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf|format=PDF|title=1896 Summer Olympics official report|volume=2|pages=31–49|access-date=2012-02-24|archive-date=2008-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527211831/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Garth Pier]], [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor, Wales]], designed by J. J. Webster.
* [[October 1]] – [[Theater des Westens]], Berlin, designed by Bernhard Sehrings.<ref name="SiegAnderson2011">{{cite book|last1=Sieg|first1=Caroline|last2=Anderson|first2=Christopher J|last3=Anderson|first3=Christopher N.|title=Frommer's Germany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DgUWB41fiuoC&pg=PT131|accessdate=31 January 2012|date=2 November 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-16905-6|page=131}}</ref>