1988 in architecture

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The year 1988 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Parliament House Canberra

• 9 May - Parliament House in Canberra, Australia is opened.
• The Seikan Tunnel in Japan is completed
• Scotia Plaza in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is completed.
• The BankWest Tower in Perth, Western Australia, 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, United States is completed.
• Central Plaza 1, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is completed.
• One Kansas City Place, in Kansas City, Missouri, United States is completed.
• Torre Picasso, in Madrid, Spain is completed.

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)