Title & Author:

The Leadenhall Building : The Servant & The Served / [presented by] Graham Stirk (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners).

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2015.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (40 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Graham Stirk, Senior Partner Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners & Lead Architect Of The Leadenhall Building -- View From The East Along Leadenhall Street -- The Leadenhall Building In The London Skyline From The West Along The River Thames -- Detail Of K-Bracing At The Top Of The Building -- Eastern Profile -- The Northern Support Core -- The Public Space -- Landscaped Pocket Park In The Public Space -- View Of The Public Space From Leadenhall Street -- Reception On Level 2 -- View Down The Escalators Into The Public Space -- Escalators In The Public Space -- View From Level 45 -- Floorplate Of Level 22 (Mid-Rise) Of The Leadenhall Building -- Floorplate On Level 40 -- View North From A Toilet Lobby -- Lift Lobby Looking East.
Recorded at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners office in London.

Summary:

Graham Stirk is a senior partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, having first joined the practice in 1983 when it was titled the Richard Rogers Partnership. As principal architect on buildings that include the office scheme 88 Wood Street, the luxury residential building One Hyde Park, two airports and a winery, he helps steer the design direction of the practice. Here Stirk discusses The Leadenhall Building - a speculative office tower in London's financial district. The tower is inclined along the south side to avoid blocking a key view of St. Paul's Cathedral, with core services housed in a vertical "cassette" on the north side. The concept of distinct served and servant spaces, borrowed from Louis Kahn, recurs throughout the work of the practice. Stirk also explores the challenges of building across the street from the Lloyd's Register of Shipping - the first building he worked on after graduation and, in contrast to Leadenhall, one of the most bespoke office buildings on the planet - and explains the 11 year lag between commission and completion.

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architectural design Great Britain.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Design architectural Grande-Bretagne.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Modern.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Stirk, Graham, narrator.