1988 in architecture
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The year 1988 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- Hawkins\Brown architectural practice established in London.
Buildings and structures
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=Buildings opened=
File:Parliament House Canberra 2.jpg, Australia]]
- March 13 – Seikan Tunnel beneath the Tsugaru Strait in Japan.
- May 9 – Parliament House, Canberra, Australia.
- September 25 – Aalto Theatre, Essen, Germany.
- October 10 – Cairo Opera House, Egypt.
- November 2 – Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili, Indonesia.[http://archives.ucanews.com/1988/11/09/soeharto-inaugurates-new-cathedral-and-other-development-projects/ UCANews November 9, 1988]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
- December – Torre Picasso, in Madrid, Spain, by Minoru Yamasaki.{{cite web|url=http://www.per-gestora.com/ing/conoce_historia.htm| title=History|publisher=Torre Picasso|accessdate=2014-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125154213/http://www.per-gestora.com/ing/conoce_historia.htm|archive-date=2014-01-25|url-status=usurped}}
- date unknown – National Union of Mineworkers headquarters, Sheffield, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-16249440|title=Sheffield casino plan approved for ex-NUM headquarters|date=19 December 2011|accessdate=19 July 2013|publisher=BBC}}
=Buildings completed=
File:SA Blue Mosque.jpg, Selangor, Malaysia]]
File:Luedenscheid-ERCO1-Bubo.JPG, Germany]]
- March 11 – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, Selangor, Malaysia.{{cite web|url=http://www.tourismmalaysia.gov.my/en/destinations/item.asp?item=bluemosque|title=Tourism Malaysia-Selangor destinations-Blue Mosque|publisher=Government website-Tourism Malaysia|year=2011|accessdate=2011-01-26}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- July – 108 St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite news |first=Rob |last=MacDonald |title=214m tower is all set to open for business |work=Daily News|location=Perth|page=14|date=1988-07-08}}
- Scotia Plaza in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Bell Media Tower in Montreal, Canada.
- Canterra Tower in Calgary, Alberta.
- Wells Fargo Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
- Pitampura TV Tower in New Delhi, India.
- Washington Mutual Tower in Seattle, Washington.
- Central Plaza 1, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- One Kansas City Place, in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
- Bellevue Place, Hong Kong, designed by Rocco Design Architects.
- Richmond Riverside development in London, England, designed by Quinlan Terry.{{cite book|first=Samantha|last=Hardingham|title=London: a guide to recent architecture|location=London|publisher=Ellipsis|edition=3rd|year=1996|isbn=1-899858-08-3}}
- ERCO Technical Centre (Technisches Zentrum ERCO-Leuchten) in Lüdenscheid, Germany, designed by Uwe Kiessler.
- Storm water pumping station on the Isle of Dogs in London, designed by John Outram Associates.
- Causewayside Building, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, designed by Andrew Merrylees.{{cite book|first1=Peter|last1=Murray|first2=Stephen|last2=Trombley|title=Modern Britain|series=Phaidon Architecture Guide|publisher=Phaidon|location=London|edition=2nd|year=1990|isbn=0-7148-3133-6}}|
- Clovelly Visitor Centre in North Devon, England, designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects.
- House for Janet Street-Porter, Clerkenwell, London, designed by Piers Gough of CZWG.
Awards
- Alvar Aalto Medal – Alvaro Siza
- Architecture Firm Award – Hartman-Cox Architects
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Alvaro Siza for Banco Borges e Irmão, Vila do Conde
- Pritzker Prize – Oscar Niemeyer and Gordon Bunshaft
- RAIA Gold Medal – Romaldo Giurgola
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Richard Meier
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Romaldo Giurgola.
- Twenty-five Year Award – Washington Dulles International Airport Terminal Building
Deaths
- March – Tom Ellis, English architect (born 1911)
- March 12 – Bernard Rudofsky, Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer, and social historian (born 1905)
- August 21 – Ray Eames, American architect and designer, partner of Charles Eames (born 1912)
- November 22 – Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (born 1902)