James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist - Hardcover

Lawrence, Amanda Reeser

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 030017005X ISBN 13: 9780300170054

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2013

Synopsis

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 shows that he was undeniably modern throughout his career. She clarifies the ways in which Stirling understood modernism as inextricably linked to the past and placed his own work in what he termed a "dialogue with architectural tradition."

About this title

Book Description:

The first critical study of one of modernism's most influential architects, presenting examinations of six of Stirling's projects and challenging previously accepted stylistic classifications of his work.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 030017005X
• ISBN 13: 9780300170054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248