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James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist

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Description for James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist Hardback. James Stirling was one of the most influential architects of the late 20th century. His formally inventive yet historically informed designs inspired a generation of architects in his native England and throughout the world. This title analyses the architect's work. Num Pages: 248 pages, 129 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 188 x 28. Weight in Grams: 956.

James Stirling (1926–1992) was one of the most influential architects of the late 20th century. His formally inventive yet historically informed designs inspired a generation of architects in his native England and throughout the world. James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist is the first in-depth, book-length analysis of the architect's work. Amanda Reeser Lawrence focuses on six of Stirling's projects from the early 1950s through the late 1970s, offering detailed formal analysis of the buildings and drawings while also mapping his relationship to a broader architectural and cultural context. Though it is widely held that Stirling took a mid-career turn toward postmodernism, Lawrence ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300170054
SKU
V9780300170054
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About Amanda Reeser Lawrence
Amanda Reeser Lawrence is assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Northeastern University and is founding coeditor of Praxis: A Journal of Writing + Building.

Reviews for James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist
"Strikingly original. Amanda Lawrence's detailed analysis of Stirling's buildings and drawings allows readers to follow the architect's design strategies and understand how he employed diverse means to embody them. I have never read such a compelling and persuasive assessment of a 20th-century architect's work. An exemplary study and a model for future studies."—Diane Ghirardo, University of Southern California
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