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Erskine wrote the preface to the English translation of Jan Gehl's influential book Life Between Buildings, published in 1986. [7] In 1987 he was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal. [4] National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/8) with Ralph Erskine in 1997 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library. [8]
Ralph Erskine (architect) (1914–2005), British-Swedish architect Ralph Erskine (historian) (1930–2021), Northern Ireland government lawyer and historian of wartime codebreaking Ralph Erskine (minister) (1685–1752), Scottish clergyman
Ralph Erskine. Aula Magna was designed by architect Ralph Erskine, who also designed the nearby Allhuset, Stockholm University Library, Aktiverum (Frescatihallen), and the House of Laws for the University. Aula Magna was the last project by Erskine for the university before his death in 2005.
Team 10's core group started meeting within the context of CIAM, the international platform for modern architects founded in 1928. [3] Their views often opposed the philosophies put forward by CIAM, and following founder Le Corbusier's exit in 1955, CIAM dissolved in 1959 to give way to Team 10 as the centralized, authoritative think tank concerning Brutalism, Structuralism, and related urban ...
Does anyone know if Erskine rhymes with line or skin? --Chrysalifourfour 22:53, 15 April 2013 (UTC) In Sweden his name is always pronounced so it rhymes with skin. I remember that I once heard in a Swedish television show, that Ralph Erskine wanted his name to be pronounced in a Scottish way, Ehrrrskinn or
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In the case of the Ark, Erskine and Vernon Gracie (who worked with Erskine on Byker Wall in Newcastle) collaborated with London architects Rock Townsend and latterly Lennart Bergstrom in Stockholm. Planning permission for the building was granted on 19 September 1989; building commenced the same day and the complex was completed in 1992.
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