James Stirling (architect)

James Stirling (architect)

James Stirling (1926 - 1992) was one of Great Britain's most important architects starting from the 1960s. Stirling was born in Glasgow and obtained his architecture degree at Liverpool University, but set up office in London. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1981.

The Stirling Prize, a British annual prize for architecture since 1996, was named after him.

Some of Stirlings most well-known realizations include

Engineering building, Leicester University (1959)
Training center for Olivetti in Haslemere
History Faculty Library, Cambridge University (1968)
Expansion of Rice University in Texas
Several low cost housing projects and residences
Performing Arts Center for Cornell University
Clore Gallery expansion, Tate Gallery, London
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Addition to Harvard's Fogg Museum
Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (1977-83)
No 1 Poultry, City of London (1998)

External link

Pritzker Prize website - James Stirling: http://www.pritzkerprize.com/stirling.htm