STIRLING MEMORIES THE ARCHITECT AND THE MAN

摘要

Tasked with assessing the legacy of the relationship between James Stirling the architect and James Stirling the man, it's fortunate that so much has been said of him by so many. By any measure his work was hugely influential. It was as complex and as unpredictable as the personality of this enigmatic man. What is the legacy of the work, and how was it related to the man who was lionised in his time? Were his few buildings isolated, unique creations of an exceptional individualistic talent (honed initially with James Gowan), which have since been stranded by the tide of history, or has he had a lasting influence? With the clear view afforded by time it seems that he left a legacy both immensely for good and in some respects for bad - a contradiction inherent in a larger-than-life figure who was sometimes an unreasonable man.