James Stirling
Last month a remarkable new building was opened in London, the latest design by one of Britain's foremost architects, James Stirling. With the opening of the Tate's Clore Gallery, built to house the Turner Collection, Stirling also added a new chapter of controversy to his distinguished career.
For decades, Stirling has been widely admired abroad for his complex fusion of traditional and modern architectural forms, though he has often aroused criticism in Britain. Tonight Omnibus presents a profile of Stirling's career, and examines in detail his newest assignments: the major museum projects in Stuttgart, Harvard, London and the new 'Tate of the north' in his childhood home, Liverpool. Colleagues and critics Richard Rogers ,
Charles Jencks and Gavin
Stamp assess the quality and influence of Stirling's work. And the usually reticent
Stirling himself talks candidly about his childhood, his early career, and the buildings which have established him as one of Britain's most talked-about architects Film editor STEPHEN PLUMLEE
Directed by MICHAEL BLACKWOOD
A MICHAEL BLACKWOOD production for BBCtv