Editing 1895 in architecture

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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 and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1895}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Refuge Assurance Building, Manchester.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Refuge Assurance Building]], Manchester]]
* [[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 [[List of tallest buildings in the world|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 Herald (Glasgow)|The Glasgow Herald]]'' (''now'' [[The Lighthouse (Glasgow)|The Lighthouse]]) in Scotland, designed by [[John Keppie]]<ref>[[The Lighthouse, Glasgow]]. ''Building information'' (leaflet).</ref> and worked on by [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]].
* [[Pera Palace Hotel]] in [[Istanbul|Constantinople]].
*[[D.T. Porter Building]], the first steel frame skyscraper in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], is completed. Designed by [[E.C. Jones]].<ref name=Porter>Robert W. Dye [https://books.google.com/books?id=6-F_P3V3kkUC&dq=Edward+Culliatt+Jones+architect&pg=PA65 Memphis] Pages 40, 65 2005 96 pages</ref>
*[[The Breakers]], the largest of the [[Gilded Age]] mansions in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] is completed. Designed by [[Richard Morris Hunt]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[James Brooks (architect)|James Brooks]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: René Patouillard-Demoriane.

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

==Deaths==
* April 23 – [[Francis Thompson (architect)|Francis Thompson]], English architect working chiefly on railways (born [[1808 in architecture|1808]])
* June 23 – [[James Renwick Jr.]], American architect (born [[1818 in architecture|1818]])

==References==
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