Timeline of Architecture - 1890s

1890s

• 1899 – Hector Guimard is commissioned to design the edicules for the Paris Métropolitain, which have become a hallmark of Art Nouveau design.
• 1898 – Victor Horta designs his own house, now the Horta Museum.
• 1897 – Hendrik Berlage designs his Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
• 1896 – Eugène Vallin completes his own house and studio in Nancy (France), which is the first of many Art Nouveau structures built there by the members of the École de Nancy.
• 1895 – The Biltmore Estate, the largest house in the USA, is completed for the Vanderbilt family in Asheville, North Carolina.
• 1894 – Louis Sullivan builds the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, NY, USA.
• 1893 – Victor Horta builds what is widely considered the first full-fledged Art Nouveau structure, the Hôtel Tassel, in Brussels.
• 1892 – Modernist architect Richard Neutra is born.
• 1891 – Louis Sullivan completes his Wainwright Building in Saint Louis.
• 1890 – Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler build the Auditorium Building in Chicago.