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
Buildings opened
- 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.<ref>UCANews November 9, 1988Template:Dead link</ref>
- December – Torre Picasso, in Madrid, Spain, by Minoru Yamasaki.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- date unknown – National Union of Mineworkers headquarters, Sheffield, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Buildings completed
- March 11 – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, Selangor, Malaysia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- July – 108 St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 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.<ref name=Hardingham>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 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.<ref name=Hardingham />
- Causewayside Building, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, designed by Andrew Merrylees.<ref name=MB>Template:Cite book|</ref>
- Clovelly Visitor Centre in North Devon, England, designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects.<ref name=MB/>
- 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)