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Category Archives: Aventinus
Royan, France (not Royan, Iran)
From Wikipedia: During the Second World War, two German fortresses defended the Gironde Estuary: Gironde Mündung Nord (or Royan) and Gironde Mündung Süd (or La Pointe de Grave). These constitued one of the Atlantic “pockets” which the Germans held on … Continue reading
WZB
James Stirling’s relationship with his clients and end users is no better demonstrated than the pride with which the architect and his work is presented on the site for Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Social Science Research Centre) in the Kulturforum. The eclectic … Continue reading
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Encounters with Big Jim: What not to say…
Picture the scene – the garden of an East Anglian manor house in early October in the late 1970s. A group of gauche first year architecture students are enjoying the hospitality of their tutor (the widow of an eminent professor … Continue reading
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Stirling Archive
In 1999 the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal purchased the archive of James Stirling and Michael Wilford’s office, including much material from Stirling’s previous architectural firms. In the linked edition of MOQDOC (a Canadian newsletter for art libraries and … Continue reading
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Rogue Mail
Stirling stamps. James Stirling 22 April 1926 – 25 June 1992
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Addio Anno Cinque!
Continuity in Architecture’s academic year draws to a close with the submission of final projects and this final film record of Year 5’s MOdAM proposals for a Museum and School of Fashion. In the next academic year students will embark … Continue reading
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“not enough Jim.”
Doris Lockhart Saatchi has written about the artist Ben Johnson and his encounter with James Stirling. Johnson became attracted to the artistic issues raised by architecture in 1973, when he first saw James Stirling’s Leicester University Department of Engineering building. … Continue reading
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First of the Star Architects?
This month marks the fifteenth anniversary of the death of James Stirling during a botched hernia operation. We will be publishing a series of posts remembering and celebrating the great architect. The critic Colin Rowe claimed that James Stirling’s mother … Continue reading
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Jonathan Meades
As CiA suspected Jonathan Meades had something to say about Manchester’s urban regeneration. Here is a clip…
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Alvaro Siza in Evora
Further to the recent post about James Stirling’s housing in Runcorn we present these images of Alvaro Siza’s project for housing in Quinta da Malagueira outside the ancient city of Evora. Begun in 1977, the neighbourhood is an immediate product … Continue reading
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Sandy
Professor Sir Colin St. John Wilson RA 1922-2007 Continuity in Architecture was saddened to hear of the death of ‘Sandy’ Wilson, a major figure in British architecture and architectural education in the second half of the twentieth century. A memory … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Name Dropping
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MOdAM Research
Continuity in Architecture Year 5 studio projects for a Museum and School of Fashion in Milan, an element of the Citta della Moda masterplan. This film shows excerpts from the students’ research work with the design projects to follow shortly.
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