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Overview of the events of 1988 in architecture
The year 1988 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings opened
Parliament House Canberra
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
March 11 – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque , Selangor , Malaysia.[4]
July – BankWest Tower 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
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