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James Stirling
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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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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Stirling Prize
- Notable work
- Neue Staatsgalerie
- Field of work
- architecture
- Image
- James Stirling 01.jpg
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- James Stirling
- date of death
- 1992-06-25
- date of birth
- 1926-04-22
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
- different from
- James Stirling
- name in native language
- James Stirling
- birth name
- James Frazer Stirling
- start of work period
- 1964-01-01
- end of work period
- 1967-01-01
- archives at
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
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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.
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