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Architecture Foundation
AP140.S2.SS6.D5
Description:
File documents the work of James Stirling as trustee of the Architectural Foundation in London, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1987 and 1992. File contains textual records.
1987-1992, predominant 1991-1992
Architecture Foundation
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AP140.S2.SS6.D5
Description:
File documents the work of James Stirling as trustee of the Architectural Foundation in London, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1987 and 1992. File contains textual records.
File 5
1987-1992, predominant 1991-1992
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D26
Description:
File documents a successful competition entry and an executed project for a library for the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 2000. File contains publication drawings and several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of drawings, of models, including by John Donat Photography and by photographer Richard Einzing of Brecht-Einzig studio, an aerial view of the site, views of the building site, of the completed building and of James Stirling, including by photographers Ian Nairn, Norman R.C. McGrath, James Stirling, Ezra Stoller, Alessandro Vasella and Colin Westwood. Photographs of building defects and remedial work are also present in the file. File also contains textual records, presentation models and a printing plate.
1962-[2000], predominant 1963-1968
History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Competition and Construction, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D26
Description:
File documents a successful competition entry and an executed project for a library for the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 2000. File contains publication drawings and several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of drawings, of models, including by John Donat Photography and by photographer Richard Einzing of Brecht-Einzig studio, an aerial view of the site, views of the building site, of the completed building and of James Stirling, including by photographers Ian Nairn, Norman R.C. McGrath, James Stirling, Ezra Stoller, Alessandro Vasella and Colin Westwood. Photographs of building defects and remedial work are also present in the file. File also contains textual records, presentation models and a printing plate.
File 26
1962-[2000], predominant 1963-1968
Project
AP140.S2.SS3.D2
Description:
File documents the participation of the office of James Stirling and Partner to the Dortmunder Architekturausstellung 1976 exhibition at the Museum am Ostwall, in Dortmund, Germany. Material in this file was produced in 1976. File contains textual records, including drawings for exhibition layout, mock-up of exhibition catalogue and correspondence.
1976
Dortmunder Architekturausstellung 1976, Museum am Ostwall
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AP140.S2.SS3.D2
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File documents the participation of the office of James Stirling and Partner to the Dortmunder Architekturausstellung 1976 exhibition at the Museum am Ostwall, in Dortmund, Germany. Material in this file was produced in 1976. File contains textual records, including drawings for exhibition layout, mock-up of exhibition catalogue and correspondence.
File 2
1976
Sub-series
Audio-visual materials
AP140.S2.SS7.D3
Description:
The sub-series documents the architectural ideas, realizations and attainments of the firm of James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. Material in this file was produced between 1985 and 1987. The sub-series contains film reels for the film 'Stirling', a co-production of Michael Blackwood Productions, Saarlaendischer Rundfunk, BBC Television, and Sveriges Television AB/SVTI, released in 1987. It also contains videocassettes and audiocassettes including recordings of television and radio broadcasts featuring James Stirling and Michael Wilford, and documentary videocassettes kept by the firm.
1985-1987
Audio-visual materials
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3
Description:
The sub-series documents the architectural ideas, realizations and attainments of the firm of James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. Material in this file was produced between 1985 and 1987. The sub-series contains film reels for the film 'Stirling', a co-production of Michael Blackwood Productions, Saarlaendischer Rundfunk, BBC Television, and Sveriges Television AB/SVTI, released in 1987. It also contains videocassettes and audiocassettes including recordings of television and radio broadcasts featuring James Stirling and Michael Wilford, and documentary videocassettes kept by the firm.
File 1
1985-1987
15 videocassette(s)
Videocassettes
AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P13
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videocassettes, including 'Seventh Praemium Imperial'; 'J.S. Memorial Video (B.B.C.)'; The Second Praemium Imperiale: Awards Ceremony', dated 1990; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2001'; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2003'; 'Sir James Stirling Memorial Celebration', dated 1992; 'Building Sights: Series Two, Katharine Stephen Room, Newnham College, Cambridge, Presenter James Stirling, Director Geoff Dunlop', dated 1989; 'Thema: "Stirling"', Hessischer Rundfunk, dated 1992; 'Stirling in Stuttgart', dated 1992; 'RIBA Building of the Year, Centenary Building, University of Salford', dated 1996
Videocassettes
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P13
Description:
videocassettes, including 'Seventh Praemium Imperial'; 'J.S. Memorial Video (B.B.C.)'; The Second Praemium Imperiale: Awards Ceremony', dated 1990; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2001'; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2003'; 'Sir James Stirling Memorial Celebration', dated 1992; 'Building Sights: Series Two, Katharine Stephen Room, Newnham College, Cambridge, Presenter James Stirling, Director Geoff Dunlop', dated 1989; 'Thema: "Stirling"', Hessischer Rundfunk, dated 1992; 'Stirling in Stuttgart', dated 1992; 'RIBA Building of the Year, Centenary Building, University of Salford', dated 1996
15 videocassette(s)
Sub-series
AP140.S2.SS6.D3
Description:
File documents the membership of James Stirling to the Royal Academy of Arts Council in London, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1991. File contains textual records.
1986-1991
Council of the Royal Academy of Arts
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AP140.S2.SS6.D3
Description:
File documents the membership of James Stirling to the Royal Academy of Arts Council in London, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1991. File contains textual records.
File 3
1986-1991
A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 May 2012 to 9 September 2012
Très Grande Bibliothèque (Very Big Library)
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A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
textual records
AP140.S1.SS2.P1
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Certificate of post-war credit awarded to "J. F. Stirling" for the year ending 5 April 1946, dated 5 November 1948; letter from Peter G. Halpreaves (Liverpool University Contingent Senior Training Corps) to James Stirling, dated 16 June 1944, regarding Stirling`s letter discussing his military service and injury; letter from Professor L.B. Budden (Liverpool School of Architecture) to James Stirling, dated 1 February 1951, responding to Stirling`s statement of having "no intention of taking part in any future war, nor service relating to war" and his medical status
1948-1951
Certificate of post-war credit
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AP140.S1.SS2.P1
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Certificate of post-war credit awarded to "J. F. Stirling" for the year ending 5 April 1946, dated 5 November 1948; letter from Peter G. Halpreaves (Liverpool University Contingent Senior Training Corps) to James Stirling, dated 16 June 1944, regarding Stirling`s letter discussing his military service and injury; letter from Professor L.B. Budden (Liverpool School of Architecture) to James Stirling, dated 1 February 1951, responding to Stirling`s statement of having "no intention of taking part in any future war, nor service relating to war" and his medical status
textual records
1948-1951
Project
Ten New Buildings, ICA
AP140.S2.SS3.D8
Description:
File documents the participation of the office of James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates to the Ten New Buildings exhibition at the ICA, in London, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced in 1982. File contains textual records.
1982
Ten New Buildings, ICA
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AP140.S2.SS3.D8
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File documents the participation of the office of James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates to the Ten New Buildings exhibition at the ICA, in London, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced in 1982. File contains textual records.
File 8
1982
drawings
AP140.S2.SS1.D65.P2
Description:
Site plan, plans, elevations, section and perspectives, including figure of James Stirling with bird's-eye view of city of Turin in the background.
circa 1982-1984
Site plan, plans, elevations, section and perspectives, Museums and Gardens of the Villa Lingotto, Turin, Italy
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AP140.S2.SS1.D65.P2
Description:
Site plan, plans, elevations, section and perspectives, including figure of James Stirling with bird's-eye view of city of Turin in the background.
drawings
circa 1982-1984