James Stirling : Architecture Information + Images

Key Projects James Stirling - Architect James Stirling (1926-92) became famous amongst architects for his Cambridge University Library building but became popularily known due to his Stuttgart Staatsgalerie, which appeared in a TV advert for Rover cars in the late Eighties. James Stirling - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1980 Practice Chronology 1956-63 : Stirling and Gowan 1963-71 : James Stirling 1971-92 : James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates 1989- present : James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates Ltd which became in 1992 Michael Wilford and Partners Ltd which today is Bain + Bevington Architects Ltd from 2000. Michael Wilford founded with Russell Bevington and Laurence Bain, Michael Wilford and Partners and changed the name of JSMWAL to MWPL 1 yr after Jim’s death. The Clore Gallery at the London Tate (all completed by JSMWAL; part refurbished in 2001 by B+BAL) and later the Salford Concert Hall (Lowry) were produced (initial design work carried out by JSMWAL in 1992; revised and updated by MWPL and completed in 2000; second phase completed by B+BAL two years later). Michael Wilford left the practice in 2000 all rights and liabilities are carried by the continuing practice B+BAL. Clore Gallery London : photograph © adrian welch may 2007 Featured Buildings Andrew Melville Halls, St. Andrews, Scotland 1967 James Stirling : Scottish Building Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, England 1968 Cambridge building Clore Gallery, Tate Gallery, London, UK 1985 Clore Gallery London Lowry Centre, Salford Quays, Manchester, England 2002 Lowry Centre Manchester Number 1 Poultry, City of London 1999 Number One Poultry James Stirling Michael Wilford : chronological list of all key buildings

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