Jim Stirling’s Architecture - ACE036.3

Stirling in meeting with colleagues. VO saying that the commissioners of this project, British Olivetti, want something radical or they wouldn’t have gone to Stirling, a "maverick architect" working at a time when British architecture is "at a crossroads". The Olivetti Training Centre at Haslemere (1969), made of glass and reinforced plastic. The construction site. The architectural team talking about the building work. Stirling on site, talking to site foreman, etc. Stirling VO on the use of plastic and how the colours work with the locality. Team talking about different colours considered. Fixing the plastic panels in place. Discussing the functionality of the new building.