Graham Stirk
{{short description|British architect}}
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|birth_place = Leeds, England
|alma_mater = Oxford Polytechnic
Architectural Association
Kingston Polytechnic
|practice = RSHP
|significant_buildings = 124 Horseferry Road (Channel 4 building)
Montevetro, London
88 Wood Street
NEO Bankside, London
71 Fenchurch Street (Lloyd’s Register of Shipping building)
122 Leadenhall Street
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Graham Carl Stirk (born 8 January 1957) is an architect and senior partner at RSHP. He joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1983 and by 2007 the name of the practice changed to Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to reflect his contribution to the practice, along with Ivan Harbour, later renamed RSHP, after the death of Richard Rogers.
Early life and career
Stirk was born in 1957 in Leeds, England,{{cite web | url=http://www.lr.org/en/who-we-are/heritage/lr-in-london/rogers/rogers-partnership.aspx | title= Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners - Choosing an architect | publisher= Lloyd's Register Group Limited| accessdate=2016-03-25}} he joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1983 after studying at Oxford Polytechnic where he graduated with first-class honours degree (Bachelor of Science). He went on to study at the Architectural Association and Kingston Polytechnic. Stirk joined Richard Rogers Partnership in 1983 and was made a Senior Director in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsh-p.com/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,5,18,160 |title=Graham Stirk |accessdate=2016-03-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019214141/http://www.rsh-p.com/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1%2C5%2C18%2C160 |archivedate=2007-10-19 }}
After his studies he joined the Richard Rogers Partnership and was made a director in 1988, and by 2007 the name of the practice changed from Richard Rogers Partnership to Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in recognition of Ivan Harbour and Stirk's contribution to the firm. In 2011 he was made a senior partner in the firm. The practice is now known as RSHP.
Major works
Since joining the practice, Stirk has gone on to lead the design teams on such projects as 88 Wood Street, One Hyde Park, 122 Leadenhall Street and Plaza de toros de las Arenas. He has also designed and led projects such as Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport, Terminal 1 and Burlington Gate, London.
=Images of a selection of Graham Stirk's work=
All projects in London, England, unless otherwise stated.
File:Lloyd's Register building.jpg|71 Fenchurch Street
(Lloyd's Register building)
File:88 Wood St, London.jpg|88 Wood Street
File:One Hyde Park - Knightsbridge (20826078708).jpg|One Hyde Park
File:Neo Bankside apartment buildings, London (side view).jpg|NEO Bankside, Holland Street
File:BM WCEC July 2015.JPG|World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre
(British Museum)
File:Channel 4 Offices, Horseferry Road - geograph.org.uk - 439697.jpg|124 Horseferry Road
(Channel 4 HQ)
File:Montevetro Oct 2010.jpg|Montevetro,
100 Battersea Church Road
File:Edificio Leadenhall y Gherkin, Londres, Inglaterra, 2014-08-11, DD 153.JPG|122 Leadenhall Street
File:Riverlight Quay flats - geograph-4968201-by-Jim-Barton.jpg|Riverlight, Nine Elms
File:Vista aérea zocalo triangular.jpg|Bodegas Protos, Peñafiel, Spain
File:Berlin, Tiergarten Potsdamer Platz, Linkstrasse 2, 4, Wohn-, Geschaefts- und Buerohaeuser.jpg|Linkstraße 2-4, Berlin, Germany
File:Paddington Waterside geograph-2790569-by-Colin-Smith.jpg|Waterside House, Paddington
File:Reuters Technical Services Centre, London.jpg|Reuters Data Centre
File:Arenas de Barcelona 2013.jpg|Plaza de toros de las Arenas, Barcelona, Spain
See also
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.rsh-p.com/practice/people/partners/graham-stirk/ Profile on the official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402150750/http://www.rsh-p.com/practice/people/partners/graham-stirk/ |date=2 April 2016 }}
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Category:20th-century English architects
Category:Architects from Leeds
Category:Alumni of Oxford Brookes University
Category:Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture