Category Archives: CiA

Card No.12

Posted on August 4, 2007 by Crompton

Town and country. In between one and two dimensions.

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Perfect Match

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Sally Stone

The Wedding Tower at the Matildenhoe, Darmstadt 1906-1909. Architect: Josef Maria Olbrich. The tower was erected to commemorate the marriage of the Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig to Princess Eleonore zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich on 2 February 1905. On the top floor is … Continue reading →

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By the ‘Colegio del Patriarca’, Valencia

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Sally Stone

An infill scheme in the Plaza del Colegio del Patriarca in Valencia uses an arcaded screen derived from the blind arches in the adjacent building to produce an understated urban form. I have no information about the date of the … Continue reading →

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Card No.13

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Crompton

Lutyens’ little joke

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Jim and San Souc-i

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Sally Stone

Electa Bookshop, out of season Ronny Ford has written to us remembering Stirling: In 1991 I made a six-month visit to Italy with the intention of taking in all of the regions and as many of the islands as possible … Continue reading →

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Card No.14

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Crompton

Classical Cornice, Devil’s Staircase

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The ‘sixties

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Sally Stone

Slideshow St Nicholas, Fleetwood, Lancashire Architect: Laurence King 1907-1981 Foundation stone laid 1960 West End incomplete.

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WZB

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Aventinus

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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Graduation

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Sally Stone

CiA students at Bachelor of Architecture Graduation 2007. Click here for more pictures.

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Card No.15

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Crompton

Useful if your client is a tyrant.

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Staatsgalerie reinterpreted

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Sally Stone

Staatsgalerie (and music school) reinterpreted. James Stirling 22 April 1926 – 25 June 1992

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The Staatsgalerie Downhill

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Sally Stone

Views of Stirling’s Staatsgalerie tend to show the front of the building with its extraordinary denial of the conventional facade in favour of an array of architectural motifs grounded in a stylised ruin – the approach from Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse invites the … Continue reading →

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