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Stirling was the best critic of modern architecture Gowan ever knew and he frequently asked for Gowan’s critical advice. They never behaved badly to each other, ‘We had affection and admiration for one another that transcended that’.
James Gowan (18 October 1923 – 12 June 2015) was a Scottish-born architect known for his post-modernist designs of the "engineering style" which influenced a generation of British architects. [1][2][3] Life. Gowan was born in Pollokshields, Glasgow in 1923.
He married Margaret Barry in October 1944, having two daughters. Career. After graduating Gowan was employed by Philip Powell who had been his tutor at Kingston. His projects included working on the Skylon design for the 1951 Festival of Britain, then Stevenage New Town.
Jul 17, 2015 · James Gowan was a post-war architect best known for his collaboration with fellow Glaswegian Sir James Stirling, on the revered Engineering Building at the University of Leicester, completed...
Jul 29, 2024 · The couple had been living together and dating for two years before Louise's role alongside Rowan in the West End play Quartermaine's Terms in 2013. For the first time, James shared in 2019 the...
Now in his eighties, Gowan recalls his training at the Glasgow school of art, his early career in London where he met Geoffrey and Philip Powell, his collaboration with Stirling, and the tensions that forced him to go his own way, just as the pair were coming to prominence.
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Sep 27, 2016 · Gowan trained at the Glasgow School of Art between 1940 and 1942 and in Kingston School of Art between 1946 and 1948. On leaving Kingston he worked for Powell & Moya and later for Lyons, Israel & Ellis, where he met James Stirling who partnered in 1956.
