James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist

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By Reeser Lawrence ’93

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Yale University Press) Analyzing in detail Stirling’s buildings and drawings, Lawrence gives a technical analysis of one of the late 20th century’s most important architects. Broadening her scope, Lawrence explains Stirling’s place in both architecture and culture, arguing that he was unquestionably a modernist. Lawrence is an assistant professor of architecture at Northeastern University.

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