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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.
December – Torre Picasso, in Madrid, Spain, by Minoru Yamasaki.
date unknown – National Union of Mineworkers headquarters, Sheffield, England.

Buildings completed

March 11 – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, Selangor, Malaysia.
July – 108 St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia.
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.
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.
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)

References

[http://archives.ucanews.com/1988/11/09/soeharto-inaugurates-new-cathedral-and-other-development-projects/ UCANews November 9, 1988]{{dead link. (June 2017)
"History". Torre Picasso.
(19 December 2011). "Sheffield casino plan approved for ex-NUM headquarters". [[BBC]].
(September 2017). "Tourism Malaysia-Selangor destinations-Blue Mosque". Government website-Tourism Malaysia.
MacDonald, Rob. (1988-07-08). "214m tower is all set to open for business". [[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia).
Hardingham, Samantha. (1996). "London: a guide to recent architecture". Ellipsis.
(1990). "Modern Britain". Phaidon.

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