This is a complete list of projects by james stirling, a british architect and his associates. He was knighted in recognition of his contribution to architecture just days before his death and in 1996. Florey building in oxford, uk by james stirling building. After over fifty years of service, the university decided to replace the striking translucent roof and facade areas originally designed by james stirling and james. University of leicester engineering building earchitect.
Views of the presentation drawings and of the exterior and interior of the completed building. The best architecture for 2011 culture the guardian. The architecture exchange is a platform that fosters the development of architectural discourse through a series of exchanges, books, workshops, histories, and issues of our audio journal. James stirling is considered by many as the premier architect of his generation, an unparalleled innovator in postwar international architecture. University of leicester engineering building roof book. Plans put in place to guarantee the future of leicester. Citing a widerange of influencesfrom colin rowe, a forefather of contextualism, to le corbusier, and from.
James stirling s untimely death in 1992 cut short an immensely fruitful creative career which began in the 1950s. The engineering building at the university of leicester is considered one of the 20th centurys most important buildings. Architects travel across the world to see the engineering building, which. The family moved to liverpool when james was an infant, where he attended quarry bank high school. Architects travel across the world to see the engineering building, which stands on the edge of the university campus flanking 8. Red engineering brick, red tile clad surfaces and patent glazing. Upgrading the iconic roof on leicester universitys famous engineering building called for different and detailed thinking. It opened in 1963, but remains a shock to the system, a. Engineering building 3d models great buildings online. The first example of postmodern architecture in the uk, it has appeared on postage stamps and artworks and effectively launched sir james stirling s stellar career. Engineering building james stirling great buildings.
Sir james frazer stirling ra 22 april 1926 25 june 1992 was a british architect. Stirling worked in partnership with james gowan from 1956 to 1963, then with michael wilford from 1971 until 1992. After over fifty years of service, the university decided to replace the striking translucent roof and facade areas originally designed by james stirling and james gowan and refurbish and upgrade the existing building services. Tate britain reappraises james stirling, the name on britains premier architectural prize, and shows he could be good, and bad but never dull, writes rowan moore. James stirling architect jump to navigation jump to search. The redbrick building was designed in an italianate renaissance revival style in 1881 by civil engineer and u. For now, however, the stirling and gowan achievement can be thoroughly measured in their justfinished engineering building at leicester university. Stirling and gowans engineering building to undergo.
Academic building to house the university engineering departments workshops, laboratories and lecture theatres. For both james gowan and james stirling leicester engineering building remains one of their most successful works, and it stimulated reams of articles in the following years, becoming one of the key buildings in architectural history. Plot and temporality in james stirling s architecture, 19591979 recommended for you. Julian harrap dip arch, riba, frsa is an architect and director of julian harrap architects in london. Engineering building at leicester university by stirling. One of the most inventive and controversial british architects of the postwar period, stirling came to international attention in the early 1960s with the completion of leicester university engineering building now recognized as a landmark in 20thcentury architecture. But unlike in the united states, which remained under the sway of a prewar beauxarts influence, architectural culture in. Click to download a simple massing model of engineering building.
Engineering department, university of leicester architect. The commission was given to architects james stirling and james gowan and the building was completed in 1963. The explosive originality of the leicester engineering building lifted stirling immediately into the magic circle of the imagemakers, and the image was so strange and captivating that the architectural periodicals set to work hopefully and hopelessly to explain how it had to come about. The engineering building, constructed in 1962 and designed by james stirling and james gowan, is one of ten structures across the globe the foundation.
Stirling received his architectural training at the university of liverpools school of architecture 194550. University of leicester engineering building book, department workshops, stirling and gowan. The engineering building was a strong contrast to earlier british post world war ii work, and was the origin of james stirling s international reputation. Designed by stirling in 1985 but not completed until 1997 five years after his death no 1 poultry was one of the british architects last projects. James stirlings postmodern no 1 poultry building reopens as wework offices. It was built between 1959 and 1963, a dynamic period of architectural discussion in britain, during which a.
University of leicester engineering building from victoria park. With designworkshop lite you will instantly experience great buildings models in live 3d, with both gamestyle walkthroughs and preset architectural views, and plan and elevation viewing. In 1971, stirling began to work in association with michael wilford. To see their work realized, architects have to juggle the demands of developers, contractors, clients, engineerssometimes even governments. Praemium imperiale1990architecture, james stirling james stirling s early work, while being influenced by the new brutalist movement of the 1950s, showed an awareness of vernacular forms and a sense of material and constructional economy that would be fully revealed in.
James stirling 19241992 is acclaimed as the most influential and controversial. Engineering building at leicester university by stirling and gowan subscription. Our building school of engineering university of leicester. See the latest news and architecture related to james stirling, only on.
Stirling s reputation is based primarily on such seminal buildings as the leicester university engineering building 195963, with james gowan, at one end of his career, and the neue staatsgalerie stuttgart 197783, with michael wilford at the other. His engineering building at leicester university 19591963 and his. Engineering building james stirling great buildings architecture. British architect and pritzker laureate sir james stirling 22 april 1926 25 june 1992 grew up in liverpool, one of the two industrial powerhouses of the british north west, and began his career subverting the compositional and theoretical ideas behind the modern movement. The engineering building, university of leicester, designed by james stirling and grade ii. The buildings cannot be understood from any one viewpoint, and can by best understood on the basis of an isometric drawing. During world war ii, he joined the black watch before transferring to the parachute regiment. Frank newby of felix samuely and partners listed grade ii, 30 march 1993 this is a building of international significance, which defined modernisms late1950s shift towards a greater individualism and gave it a truly british character. With limited wriggle room, a bespoke parametric modelling software was. Engineering building, university of leicester, city of.
The pritzker architecture prize ceremony of 1981, honoring james stirling, was held in washington, d. The building comprises a tower and adjacent workshops and laboratories, with the glass room sitting on triangular struts running at 45. He worked for stirling and gowan on the leicester engineering building as a young students and then for the practice of james stirling between 1968 and 1974. Engineering building at leicester university by stirling and gowan.
Pair of multistorey towers, one for offices and one for research, set above a pair of lecture theatres with raking undersides, placed upon a brick podium. Engineering building, leicester university engineering bui flickr. Over a sevenyear period they designed some of the most significant projects of the time, most notably the garden apartments at ham common 195558, the seminal engineering building at leicester university 195963, and the cambridge university history building 196467. University of leicester engineering building story of. James stirling, the maverick british architect whose work brought life to several. Sir james stirling, british architect known for his unorthodox, sometimes controversial, designs of multiunit housing and public buildings. These autocad drawings are available to purchase and download now. Designed in 1959 by james stirling and james gowan the engineering building at leicester is widely regarded as one of the most architecturally important buildings of its era. Engineering building at leicester university by james stirling geotagged.
Stirling and gowan set the buildings glass roof panels at a 45degree angle, creating rows of diamondshaped skylights that bring light into the engineering research laboratories from the north. Engineering building, leicester university designing. James stirling, leicester engineering building, 195963 in england, as in america, the context for architecture could essentially be called pragmatic. Designed in 1957 by architects james stirling and james gowan. Uol roof renewal publication, central england, uk 20th century architecture. The spate of college and university construction on both sides of the atlantic during the past few years has already produced a just dividend of worthy buildings. Engineering building by james stirling architect, at leicester university, leicester, england, 1959, architecture in the great buildings online. In 1957 as university college, leicester, gained its royal charter and became leicester university, plans for new campus buildings included an engineering building on a site near victoria park. James stirling 19261992 was a british architect who is considered by many as the premier architect of his generation and an innovator in postwar architecture. Stirlings reputation is based primarily on such seminal buildings as the leicester university engineering building 195963, with james gowan, at one end of. The building is grade ii listed and was designed by james stirling. All three of stirling s university buildings were designed in the decade between 1958 and 1968, but the florey building did not begin construction until after the end of this time period and was. Leicester university engineering building james stirling michael. Go house is located west of the city of monterrey, in the upper part of a subdivision, a site facing north.
As a child in glasgow, scotland james frazer stirling 19261992 alvar aalto medal 1977, gold medal of the royal institute of british architects 1980, and pritzker prize 1981 discovered his fathers drawings and the creative power of. Steel structure details 1 free download architectural. Stirling was incapable of designing anything bland. His year of birth is widely quoted as 1926 but his longstanding friend sir sandy wilson later stated it was 1924. Its design goes back to 1959, although it was occupied by students and faculty for the first time only in the fall of 1963, and its interior arrangements were still incomplete in certain details at the time of writing. His engineering building at leicester university 19591963 and his cambridge university history faculty building. James stirling 19241992 was, arguably, the most influential and controversial postwar british architect. John jacobus examines the leicester engineering building, completed in 1963. Designed in 1959 by james stirling and james gowan the engineering building at leicester is widely regarded as one of the most. Engineering building commentary the engineering building comprises large groundlevel workshops heavy machinery, covering most of the available site, and a vertical ensemble consisting of office and laboratory towers, lecture theaters and lift and staircase shafts. Harrap specializes in the restoration and conversion of historic buildings. University of leicesters engineering building youtube.