1988 in architecture
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The year 1988 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- 13 March - The Seikan Tunnel in Japan is completed
- 9 May - Parliament House, Canberra, Australia is opened.
- Scotia Plaza in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is completed.
- The BankWest Tower in Perth, Western Australia, is completed.
- The Wells Fargo Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States is completed.
- The Pitampura TV Tower in New Delhi, India is completed.
- The Washington Mutual Tower in Seattle, Washington (U.S. state), is completed.
- Central Plaza 1, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is completed.
- One Kansas City Place, in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., is completed.
- Torre Picasso, in Madrid, Spain is completed.
- Richmond Riverside development in London, England, designed by Quinlan Terry, is completed.[1]
- Storm water pumping station on the Isle of Dogs in London Docklands, designed by John Outram Associates, is completed.[1]
Awards
- Alvar Aalto Medal – Alvaro Siza
- Architecture Firm Award - Hartman-Cox Architects
- Pritzker Prize - Oscar Niemeyer and Gordon Bunshaft
- RAIA Gold Medal - Romaldo Giurgola
- Royal Gold Medal - Richard Meier
- Twenty-five Year Award - Washington Dulles International Airport Terminal Building
Births
Deaths
- August 21 - Ray Eames (born 1912)
- November 22 - Luis Barragán (born 1902)
- Bernard Rudofsky (born 1905)
References
- ^ a b Hardingham, Samantha (1996). London: a guide to recent architecture (3rd ed.). London: Ellipsis. ISBN 1-899858-08-3.