James Stirling (architect)

Sir James Frazer Stirling ( born April 22, 1926 in Glasgow, † June 25, 1992 in London) was one of the greatest British architects of postmodernism.

Life

James Stirling studied architecture from 1945 to 1950 at the University of Liverpool. In 1956 he founded with James Gowan office Stirling and Gowan. The best known result of this collaboration is the building of the Faculty of Engineering in Leicester, which really stand out for its technical and geometric character. This also marks the isometries often used by Stirling from a bird's perspective. From 1963, he led the practice alone.

In 1971, Michael Wilford, who works in the office since 1960, partner of the office. In the 1970s, the architectural signature of Stirling began to change. The Stirling previously in force as rationalist or Brutalist turned into one of the main representatives of the eclectic postmodernism. The New State Gallery Stuttgart is considered to this effect masterpiece, where he worked a variety of regional and national, history of architecture quotes.

1981 Stirling was the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1978, the Alvar Aalto Medal, shortly before his death, he was raised in 1992 as a Knight in the peerage.

Since the death of his office Stirling of Michael Wilford will continue. Various structures, such as the building of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, 1993-1994, were realized posthumously.

Remarkable buildings

  • Building of the Faculty of Engineering in Leicester, (1959-1963)
  • Library of the History Faculty in Cambridge, England, (1964-1967)
  • Student dormitory at the University of St. Andrews in Edinburgh (1964-1968)
  • Student residence of Queen 's College, Oxford ( Florey Building ), ( 1966-1971 )
  • Condominium in Runcorn New Town, (1967-1976)
  • Training building of Olivetti in Haslemere, (1969-1972)
  • Expansion of Rice University in Houston, Texas
  • Center for Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1983-1988)
  • New State Gallery, and the Chamber Theatre in Stuttgart, 1979-1984
  • Arthur M Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, (1979-1985)
  • Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1979-1985)
  • Social Science Research Center Berlin for Social Research (1979-1988)
  • Clore Gallery ( for a collection of paintings by William Turner, an extension of the Tate Gallery), London, ( 1980-1985 )
  • Office and factory building of B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, ( (1992 inaugurated ), with Walter Naegeli )
  • State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, 1993-1994 ( posthumous )
  • No 1 Poultry in London, 1994-1998 ( posthumous )
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