1988 in architecture

The year 1988 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

List of years in architecture

Buildings and structures

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Events

Hawkins\Brown architectural practice established in London.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

The Parliament House, Canberra, 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.[1]
December – Torre Picasso, in Madrid, Spain, by Minoru Yamasaki.[2]
date unknown – National Union of Mineworkers headquarters, Sheffield, England.[3]

Buildings completed

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, Selangor, Malaysia

Technisches Zentrum ERCO-Leuchten in Lüdenscheid, Germany

March 11 – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, Selangor, Malaysia.[4]
July – 108 St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia.[5]
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.[6]
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 Docklands, designed by John Outram Associates.[6]
Causewayside Building, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, designed by Andrew Merrylees.[7]
Clovelly Visitor Centre in North Devon, England, designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects.[7]
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

UCANews November 9, 1988
"History". Torre Picasso. Archived from the original on January 25, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
"Sheffield casino plan approved for ex-NUM headquarters". BBC. December 19, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
"Tourism Malaysia-Selangor destinations-Blue Mosque". Government website-Tourism Malaysia. 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
MacDonald, Rob (July 8, 1988). "214m tower is all set to open for business". Daily News. Perth. p. 14.
Hardingham, Samantha (1996). London: a guide to recent architecture (3rd ed.). London: Ellipsis. ISBN 1-899858-08-3.
Murray, Peter; Trombley, Stephen (1990). Modern Britain. Phaidon Architecture Guide (2nd ed.). London: Phaidon. ISBN 0-7148-3133-6.|

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