GBP 700m repair bill as half of all university buildings crumble

The Scotsman;  September 13, 2007 ;     446 words ...CRUMBLING university buildings in Scotland need GBP 700...where just over a third of university buildings needed repair. The Auditor...blames Scotland's older university buildings, saying many more are listed...

GBP 700m is the price of repairing half of Scotland's university buildings

The Scotsman;  September 13, 2007 ;     478 words ...CRUMBLING university buildings in Scotland need GBP 700...where just over a third of university buildings needed repair. The Auditor...blames Scotland's older university buildings, saying many more are listed...

'Ugly' university buildings are proposed for listing

The Scotsman;  November 15, 2005 ;     233 words ......Matthew, is among a collection of Fifties and Sixties university buildings earmarked for preservation. The George Square Library...Historic Scotland proposes A and B listings for eight university buildings, including the Pollock Halls, the University Sports Centre...

Stirling's formula

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics;      29 words ...Stirling's formula The formula Named after the Scottish mathematician James Stirling (1692–1770), it was known earlier by De Moivre. It gives the approximation for large values of n .

As large and lusty as life

The Spectator;  July 11, 1998 ;     700+ words ...BIG JIM: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JAMES STIRLING by Mark Girouard Chatto, .30, pp. 400...whiff of criticism. Even the late Sir James Stirling, for all his apparent selfconfidence...before D-Day. But we are interested in James Stirling because of his buildings, and Girouard...

Letter: You say - Artists' roots.(Letters)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  September 17, 2007 ;     188 words ......the other people you have honoured - George Melly and Sir James Stirling. All three of us were in London to seek our fame and fortune...George Melly was the singer with Mick Mulligan's band, Sir James Stirling had just graduated from Liverpool University School of Architecture...

The Manchester Mechanics' Institute and the Free Library of Books

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......is proposed that the mathematician James Stirling made small contributions to both innovations...well known 18th-century mathematician James Stirling, a near contemporary of Newton. I have...their efforts and social consciences. James Stirling (1692-1770) This mathematician, first...

Oscar time for designs; 08 Days A Week.(News)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  October 6, 2008 ;     231 words ......Stirling Prize, named after Liverpool university graduate Sir James Stirling, will be announced at a dinner at the BT convention centre...Culture to present the Stirling Prize, not least because Sir James Stirling, after whom the prize is named, studied in the city, loved...

A smashing place to sleep.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 1, 1996 ;     33 words ...A former soldier smashed a shop window to get a place to sleep. And yesterday James Stirling, 35, of Bonnybridge, was fined pounds 400 at Stirling Sheriff Court and ordered to pay pounds 607 to replace the window.

Books: How one man built a great reputation; Big Jim: The Life And Work Of...

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 11, 2000 ;     221 words ......leave lasting legacies of their work on the landscape, to inspire or to exasperate us, as their creative whims determine. James Stirling is one of the few post-war architects to whom the word genius can be applied. Formidable, ebullient, self-centred and at...

Anarchists seize Greek university buildings in support of prison hunger...

AP Worldstream;  November 24, 2003 ;     219 words ......neoclassical building, which has been draped in giant protest banners. Police are forbidden under Greek law to enter university buildings without permission from the dean or the university board. str/dg/pq Copyright 2003, AP News All Rights Reserved

Speak up.(news bytes)

Interior Design;  February 1, 2004 ;     42 words ...Montreal's Canadian Centre for Architecture has named its new lecture competition, the James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City, in honor of the Pritzker-winning urbanist. An international jury of architects and urban planners will announce the winner this spring ...

Books: Launching rockets Nonie Niesewand surveys the high times of a...

The Independent - London;  June 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Big Jim: the life and work of James Stirling by Mark Girouard Chatto & Windus, pounds...Clearly, there were as many sides to James Stirling (1924-1992) as to his multi-faceted...and their wits - to write obits for James Stirling. "To qualify for grants, he was in...

Dealers.

Automotive News;  May 28, 2001 ;     43 words ...Milestones James Stirling of Stirling Pontiac-GMC-Buick in Longview, Wash., received a 25-year award for Pontiac from General Motors. Transitions David Reininger has been named president and COO of Bob Bomer Automotive Group of San Antonio, which has four dealerships in Texas.

Court Circular

The Independent - London;  January 10, 1994 ;     234 words ......Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Lieutenant-Colonel James Stirling of Garden (Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Stirling and...Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was represented by Mrs James Stirling of Garden at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of...