1988 in architecture

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

Events

 * Hawkins\Brown architectural practice established in London.

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 Docklands, 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)