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Stirk


Definition:

  • (n.) A young bullock or heifer.

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  • (1) Graham Stirk on the roof of the Leadenhall building, also known as the Cheesegrater.
  • (2) Leadenhall Building at 122 Leadenhall Street, otherwise know as the Cheesegrater, facing the Lloyds building Photograph: David Levene Since Lloyd's, Stirk thinks there has been an increase in the "homogeneity" of architecture.
  • (3) A. McKeating, S. Stagno, P. R. Stirk, and P. D. Griffiths, J. Med.
  • (4) The 47-storey, 224m skyscraper, designed by Graham Stirk of Rogers Stirk Harbour and partners – is still empty, with the first tenants due to move in early next year.
  • (5) This is accompanied by a stirking rise in the incidence of asthma.
  • (6) But, said Stirk, the buildings had "their DNA and an evolutionary path" in common.
  • (7) In 2007 the Richard Rogers Partnership became Rogers, Stirk, Harbour + Partners, reflecting the influence of younger colleagues Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour, and Rogers says that while there is a public demand to have one person out front, "of course it doesn't work like that.
  • (8) The building's exposed innards caused widespread palpitations when it was built in the 1980s and Stirk recalled "a very, very mixed reaction".
  • (9) One key reason for the difference, Stirk explains, is that the latter was designed for a client while Leadenhall was designed for British Land, a speculative developer.
  • (10) "Cities go through cycles," said Simon Smithson, a partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners , and head of the practice's Latin American projects.
  • (11) The services and lifts are all encased in a glazed "cassette" on one side of the building rather than being exposed, which Stirk describes as a "jellyfish" effect.
  • (12) Photograph: David Levene "When I look at Lloyd's, it is amazingly dense," said Stirk.
  • (13) Photograph: Courtesy of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners A recent London housing project, One Hyde Park, has caused controversy in its construction of some of the most expensive homes in the world with little public access.
  • (14) Whatever the truth, Project Blue (Guernsey) Ltd, which was set up by the Qatar royal family , announced today that it has withdrawn its planning application for a set of sleek, hi-tech towers designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour , a firm that, however impressive on a good day (think Lloyd's of London Building or the Welsh Assembly ), does everything Prince Charles and his train of classical revivalists believe shouldn't be done.
  • (15) Now, one of Rogers' senior partners, Stirk has overseen the design of Leadenhall.
  • (16) The triangular glass-clad tower, designed by Richard Rogers’ firm Rogers Stirk Harbour, is officially named the Leadenhall building.
  • (17) "Offices are the most difficult buildings to design as an architect," Stirk said.
  • (18) "I am sure that in their meeting, the Prince of Wales expressed his dislike for the Rogers Stirk Harbour Partnership's design, and the emir politely concurred," said Vos.

Sturk


Definition:

  • (n.) See Stirk.

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