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Sir James Stirling
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Also Known As Sir James Frazer Stirling
Born April 22, 1926 • Glasgow • Scotland
Died June 25, 1992 (aged 66) • London • England
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (1990) • Pritzker Prize (1981)
Movement / Style Brutalism

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New State Gallery, Stuttgart, Ger., by James Stirling and Michael Wilford, 1977–84
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