The architecture of James Stirling and his partners James Gowan and Michael Wilford : a study of architectural creativity in the twentieth century / by Geoffrey Howard Baker.

Main entry:

Baker, Geoffrey H. (Geoffrey Howard)

Title & Author:

The architecture of James Stirling and his partners James Gowan and Michael Wilford : a study of architectural creativity in the twentieth century / by Geoffrey Howard Baker.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, UK, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.

Description:

489 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Part I. Education: James Stirling's formative years -- Stirling's assessment of modernity -- Part II. James Stirling and James Gowan: Laying foundations for a fresh approach to design: research and development in architectural practice -- Variations on the square as an archetype -- A heroic architecture of planes and light: early modernism's functional paradigm reinvented -- Part III. James Stirling: Cambridge analysis -- Florey analysis -- The sixties: a new architectural language -- An architecture of context and association -- Part IV. James Stirling and Michael Wilford: From greenfield to the city -- Part V. An Overview of Stirling's Approach to Design: Function, form and meaning -- Stuttgart analysis -- James Stirling and classical architecture -- James Stirling: interests and influences -- Circular forms in Stirling's late work -- Interview with Michael Wilford, October 1998 -- Braun AG analysis -- Conclusion -- James Stirling; last of the masters.

Summary:

This text provides a comprehensive critical survey of James Stirling's work to date, charting the development of his ideas during four turbulent architectural decades.

ISBN:

9781409409267 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1409409260 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Stirling, James (James Frazer) Criticism and interpretation.
Gowan, James.
Wilford, Michael, 1938-2023.
Stirling, James (James Frazer)
Wilford, Michael, 1938-.
James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates Criticism and interpretation.
James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates
Architecture, Postmodern Great Britain.
Architecture postmoderne Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture, Postmodern
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Study of architectural creativity in the twentieth century

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284281
Call No.: NA44.J29.9 B35 2011
Status: Available

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