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Also known as Sir James Frazer Stirling, Sir James Stirling

English architect (1926–1992)

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James Frazer Stirling was a British architect born in Glasgow in 1926 and died in London in 1992. He studied at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool College of Art. His professional career in architecture spanned from 1964 to 1967. A notable work by Stirling is the Neue Staatsgalerie. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.

Stirling received several awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Alvar Aalto Medal, the Royal Gold Medal, and the Praemium Imperiale. His works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art. He spoke English.

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Person · Open Library

Works
18

Top works

  • Mystery developed
  • Biblioteca pubblica e giardini a Latina di James Stirling
  • Stewardship of Life, or Studies on the Parable of the Talents
  • Letters from the Slave States
  • Isaaci Newtoni Enumeratio Linearum Tertii Ordinis

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1986-09-21
americanclassicalclassical crossoverdubstepelectronicaviolin

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5
Total plays
10

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works
176
Cited by
9,496

Research areas

PhysicsParticle physicsQuantum chromodynamicsNuclear physicsQuantum mechanics

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Key facts

Born
( 1924-04-22 ) 22 April 1924, Glasgow , Scotland
Died
25 June 1992 (1992-06-25) (aged 68), London, England
Occupation
Architect
Awards
Alvar Aalto Medal (1977) RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1980) Pritzker Prize (1981) Praemium Imperiale (1990) Knight Bachelor (1992)
Buildings
Andrew Melville Hall , St Andrews (1960) Engineering Building , Leicester (1963) History Faculty Library, Cambridge , UK (1967) Neue Staatsgalerie , Stuttgart (1983) Clore Gallery , London (1987) No 1 Poultry , London (1997, posthumous completion by firm)

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir James Frazer Stirling RA (22 April 1924 – 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Stirling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.