1988 in architecture

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.
• :File:Luedenscheid-ERCO1-Bubo.JPG|ERCO Technical Centre in Lüdenscheid, Germany, designed by :de:Uwe Kiessler|Uwe Kiessler.
• Storm water pumping station on the Isle of Dogs in London Docklands, designed by John Outram Associates.
• :File:National Library Extension.jpg|Causewayside Building, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, designed by Andrew Merrylees.
• Clovelly :File:Entrance to Clovelly - geograph.org.uk - 1363187.jpg|Visitor Centre in North Devon, England, designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects.
• :File:CZWG house Janet Street-Porter.jpg|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 – 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
• March 12 – Bernard Rudofsky, Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer, and social historian
• August 21 – Ray Eames, American architect and designer, partner of Charles Eames
• November 22 – Luis Barragán, Mexican architect