James Stirling
Subtitle: revisionary modernist
By: Amanda Reeser Lawrence
Contributors: Stirling, James (James Frazer)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780300170054
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Modern movement (Architecture)
Description: James Stirling was one of the most influential architects of the late 20th century. His formally inventive yet historically informed designs inspired a generation of architects in his native England and throughout the world. "James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist" is the first in-depth, book-length analysis of the architect's work. Amanda Reeser Lawrence focuses on six of Stirling's projects from the early 1950s through the late 1970s, offering detailed formal analysis of the buildings and drawings while also mapping his relationship to a broader architectural and cultural context. Though it is widely held that Stirling took a mid-career turn toward postmodernism, Lawrence shows that he was undeniably modern throughout his career. She clarifies the ways in which Stirling understood modernism as inextricably linked to the past and placed his own work in what he termed a "dialogue with architectural tradition."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rationalizing Jaoul: Ham Common; title: Discovering history: Churchill College; title: An "expressive" functionalism: Leicester Engineering; title: One enormous gesture: the Florey Building; title: Recollecting forward: Düsseldorf; title: The remains of modernism: Roma Interrotta.