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The architecture of James Stirling and his partners James Gowan and Michael Wilford : a study of architectural creativity in the twentieth century

Title
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.
Author
Baker, Geoffrey H. (Geoffrey Howard)
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, UK, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

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Description
489 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
Study of architectural creativity in the twentieth century
Subject
  • Stirling, James > Criticism and interpretation
  • Gowan, James
  • Wilford, Michael, 1938-
  • James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates > Criticism and interpretation
  • Architecture, Postmodern > Great Britain
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JQE 12-1407
ISBN
  • 9781409409267 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1409409260 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010046222
OCLC
677975465
Author
Baker, Geoffrey H. (Geoffrey Howard)
Title
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.
Imprint
Farnham, Surrey, UK, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.
Research Call Number
JQE 12-1407
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