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James Stirling

Sir James Frazer Stirling FRIBA (22 April 1926 in Glasgow) was a Pritzker Prize-winning British Architect and among the most important and influential architects of the second half of the 20th century. He is perhaps best known as one of a number of young architects in various countries who from the 1950s on questioned and subverted the compositional and theoretical precepts of the first Modern Movement. Stirling's development of an agitated, mannered reinterpretation of those precepts – much influenced Read more [...]

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Norman Foster

Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, FCSD, RDI, (born 1 June 1935) is a English architect whose company maintains an international design practice. He is Britain's most prolific builder of landmark office buildings. Foster was born in the Reddish area of Stockport, UK, to a working-class family. He was naturally gifted and performed well at school and took an interest in architecture, particularly in the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. Read more [...]

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Edward Cullinan

Edward Cullinan, CBE, (born 17 July 1931) is a British architect. Cullinan was educated at Cambridge University, the Architectural Association and UC Berkeley before working for Denys Lasdun where he designed the student residences for the University of East Anglia. Cullinan's practice, Edward Cullinan Architects, was founded in 1965. Notable projects include the Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre (completed 1992), the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) (completed 2003), and the Weald and Read more [...]

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Colin Stansfield Smith

Professor Sir Colin Stansfield Smith CBE, (born October 1, 1932) is a British architect and academic. He played over 100 games of first-class cricket in the 1950s. Stansfield Smith was born in Didsbury, Manchester, and studied architecture and drama at Cambridge University from 1953 to 1958. After graduating from Cambridge, he played the lead role in several West End stage productions before deciding to qualify as an architect. He worked in various architect's offices, including the LCC and the Read more [...]

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