1893 in architecture

• May 1 – The World's Columbian Exposition, including 600 temporary buildings, opens to the public in Chicago, USA.{{Cite book |last=Truman |first=Benjamin |title=History of the World's Fair: Being a Complete and Authentic Description of the Columbian Exposition From Its Inception |publisher=J. W. Keller & Co. |year=1893 |location=Philadelphia, PA}}

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• Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Kraków, Poland, designed by Jan Zawiejski, opened as the Teatr Miejski on October 21.
• Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)[http://www.imma.edu.gr/ Museum of the Macedonian Struggle Foundation (official site).]
• 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.

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Richard Morris Hunt.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Benjamin Chaussemiche.

• 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)

• 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)

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