James Stirling: A Modern architect?

A talk by PHILIP BOYLE
Recorded at The Gallery, London 29th March 2022
It is 30 years since the premature death of James Stirling. His last built work was the Braun Factory at Melsungen in Germany, in 1992. This scheme was favourably received by Bob Maxwell, and later by 9H. Subsequent research by Mark Crinson some 10 years ago greatly clarified the struggle Stirling had with Modernism.
This talk looked again at Stirling and his work, and in particular what Le Corbusier meant to him.
PHILIP BOYLE is an architect who studied at the Bartlett. He did research at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Development Group. In 1966 he joined one of the new local boroughs as an architect designing and building council housing and public buildings until 1991. He then worked for Milton Keynes Development Corporation and in several private practices. He is Secretary of GLAC and has been co-ordinator of Docomomo UK since 1999.