James Sterling (1926-1992) was a British architect. From 1956 to 1963 he worked in partnership with James Gowan then from 1971 to 1972 he worked with Michael Wiford. His principal styles are brutalist and post-modern.
“We honor James Stirling—a prodigy for so many years—as a leader of the great transition from the Modern Movement to the architecture of the New—an architecture that once more has recognized historical roots, once more has close connections with the buildings surrounding it, once more can be called a new tradition. Originality within this tradition is Stirling’s distinction: in the old “modern times,” 45 degree angles in plan and section; today, startling juxtapositions and transpositions of clearly classical and nineteenth-century references. In three countries—England, Germany, and the United States—he is influencing the development of architecture through the quality of his work.” – Jury Citation 1981
Flats at Ham Common with James Gowan
1958, London, England
Leicester University: Faculty of Engineering with James Gowan
1959,
Camberwell School Assembly Hall
1961, London
St Andrews University: Andrew Melville Hall of Residence
1964
Cambridge University: Faculty of History
1968
Oxford University: The Queen’s College, Florey Building
1971
Haslemere, Surrey: Training Centre for Olivetti, extension
1972
Runcom: Southgate social housing (demolished)
1976
Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University, Fogg Museum Sackler Galleries (extension)
1984
Stuttgard: Neue Staatsgalerie
1984
Tate Britain, Clore Galleries (extension)
1987, London
Wissenschaftszentrum (Social Science Research campus)
1987, Berlin
Bibliothèque de France (unsucessful competition entry)
1989, Paris
Offices and Retail at No 1 Poultry
1997, London
