Title & Author:

Oscillating / [presented by] James Stirling.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1980.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (25 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
James Stirling -- College Of Engineering, Leicester University, 1959 -- 1963 -- History Faculty Library, Cambridge University, 1964 -- 1967 -- Florey Building, Queens College, University, 1966 -- 1971 -- Olivetti Building, Haslemere, 1969 -- 1972 -- Arts Centre, St. Andrews, 1971. Model -- Museum For North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf, 1975. Model -- Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 1975. Model -- Staatsgallerie & Chamber Theatre, 1977 -- 1982. Model -- Staatsgallerie & Chamber Theatre, 1977 -- 1982. Pedestrian Route, Arch. Drawing -- Staatsgallerie & Chamber Theatre, 1977 -- 1982. Gallery Entrance -- Staatsgallerie & Chamber Theatre, 1977 -- 1982. Gallery Entrance -- Staatsgallerie & Chamber Theatre, 1977 -- 1982. Model. Gallery Plan -- Bayer AG Centre, Leverkusen, 1978. Model 'Schloss' -- Churchill College Project 1958. Assembly Hall, London, 1958 -- 1961 -- Science Centre, Berlin, 1980. Existing Site Plan & Building -- Science Centre, Berlin, 1980. Site Plan. Model -- Science Centre, Berlin, 1980. Elevation: Plan -- Science Centre, Berlin, 1980. Sketch: Section -- New York Houses, 1978. Elevation: Plan -- Rice University/School Of Architecture, Houston, 1979. Existing Building: Plan -- Rice University/School Of Architecture, Houston, 1979. New Galleria: Elevations -- Rice University/School Of Architecture, Houston, 1979. Garden Court: View Through Arch -- Hyde Park Gate Houses, 1950s.

Summary:

James Stirling's reputation is based on a sequence of closely related buildings, projects and drawings over the past 25 years. His influence amongst students and fellow architects alike can be seen world-wide, from his Royal Gold Medal citation in 1980. Probably the most important work to emerge from Stirling's partnership with James Gowan was the Leicester University Engineering Building, a symphony of glass, industrial framing and red brick and tile: a manner which continued in his independent work in the 1960s at Cambridge and Oxford. In 1971, Stirling formed his partnership with Michael Wilford and their commissions came mainly from abroad: Germany, where they won two important competitions, and the USA. In this talk he describes how his ideas had developed since his student days; and he illustrates his projects past and present. A thread of continuity runs through them all, despite the fact that he says "I see ourselves going into the future oscillating between formal and a-formal, between restrained and exuberant".

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architectural design.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Design architectural.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Stirling, James (James Frazer), narrator.