6. Material Inversions James Stirling, Leicester Engineering Building ...
6. Material Inversions James Stirling, Leicester Engineering Building ...
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Lecture 7: <strong>James</strong> <strong>Stirling</strong>, <strong>Leicester</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Building</strong>, 1959-63<strong>Leicester</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Building</strong>, glass stairwell and spiral stair“The transparent glass stair tower becomes a void that seems to hold up the large cantileveredmass of the auditorium, while the metal-panelled stair tower-the solid-is cut away, revealing thecorkscrew of a concrete staircase.”S. Hambright Drawing Canonical Ideas in Architecture UofA
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