Jim Stirling and the Red Trilogy: Three Radical Buildings by Alan Berman NEUF haute qualité

Product Name: Jim Stirling and the Red Trilogy: Three Radical Buildings by Alan Berman NEUF haute qualité
EAN：9780711231443 UPC：9780711231443 ISBN：9780711231443 MPN：N/A Format：Hardback, 160 pages, Frances Lincoln Edition Recommended Age Range：12+ years
A re-evaluation of three red buildings, designed by Jim Stirling: the University of Leicester Engineering Building (and James Gowan), the History Faculty and Library at Cambridge and the residential Florey Building at Queens College, Oxford. These are buildings much praised by architects, yet hated by the members of the universities that use them. Alan Berman has drawn together essays which put the buildings in their historical context, and which explore both their radical features and their technical failings. In addition, twenty-four of todays most famous architects - including Will Alsop, Norman Foster, Richard MacCormac and Richard Rogers - explain and partly seek to defend, the importance of these radical and controversial buildings. With top contributors and newly commissioned photography, as well as stunning drawings taken haute qualité from the Jim Stirling archives, this book attempts a serious re-engagement with the continuing debate between modern architects and the public..