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James Stirling and Michael Wilford realised a significant body of
work during their partnership. Considered one of the most important
international architectural practices of the twentieth century,
Stirling and Wilford made an exceptional contribution to
contemporary architecture. Young, radical and eccentric, their work
rejected the prevalent orthodoxy of the International Style,
revisiting instead the early masters of heroic Modernism and
achieving legendary status amongst a younger generation of
architects. With early work in the UK and then Europe, from the
late 1970s the practice designed buildings at four American
Universities: Harvard, Rice, Cornell and UC Irvine, as well as a
number of unbuilt projects. The Arthur M Sackler Museum at Harvard
University, 1984, retains an iconic status, and straddles the
postmodern and classical vocabulary that Stirling and Wilford
employed at the Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, 1984, and No 1
Poultry, completed in 1997, after Stirling s death in 1992. Yet,
despite the significance of these projects, until now, the
contribution of the practice s work in the United States to the
development of late twentieth century architecture has never been
fully appraised. Through texts by eminent contributors including
Kenneth Frampton, Robert Maxwell and Anthony Vidler, Stirling and
Wilford American Buildings reassesses the importance of this body
of work, establishing the legacy of the later American work of one
of the twentieth century s most influential architectural
practices.
Based on the largest survey of gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex,
transgender and queer reactions to violence and harassment ever
undertaken in Australia, this book gives voice to the many victims
who have suffered in the state once recognised as Australia's most
homophobic. It tells of the barriers people face in dealing with
the legal system, the reasons why some do not report their
experiences, and the complex historical, religious and educational
factors affecting the perpetuation of homophobia across the
country. Most importantly it provides a roadmap forward for all
Australian legislative, policing, and judicial jurisdictions via a
wide ranging set of recommendations, from the individual's
understanding of their rights and responsibilities, to the
responses of police, legal professionals and judicial officers.
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