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The year 1889 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• March 31 - Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed by Gustave Eiffel, is inaugurated.
• August 10 - At the Vienna Hofburg, the grand opening ceremony is held for the Imperial Natural History Museum (German: K.k. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum), begun in 1871; from August 13, 1889 to the end of December 1889, the museum counted 175,000 visitors.

• Palau Güell in Barcelona designed by Antoni Gaudí is completed.
• Auditorium Building, Chicago designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler.
• Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy is completed.
• Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia is completed.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Charles Thomas Newton.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

• June 24 - Charles Cowles-Voysey (died 1981)

Deaths