Engineering Building, University of Leicester, England - Philatelic Photographs on Waymarking.com

The University of Leicester’s Engineering building was designed in the late 1950s by architects James Stirling and James Gowan. Stirling and Gowan were constrained by a pre-defined parcel of land, the unique requirements of the engineering curriculum and the university’s building committee, who wanted to “make a statement” with the new edifice. The resulting structure has been described as one of the top ten most important post World War II buildings in Great Britain.

Several of the building’s notable architectural features can be seen on the stamp. These include the cantilevered lecture halls, the octagonal smoke stack and the diamond-shaped ends to the unique glass roof. This latter feature was the result of the roof being angled 45 degrees to achieve true north light for the engineering research laboratories.

This was the last project that James Stirling and James Gowan completed together. Stirling went on to design two other collegiate buildings with a red brick and glass motif: The History Faculty building at Cambridge and the Florey residential hall at Oxford. Together with the Engineering building at Leicester, these have become known as James Stirling’s “Red Trilogy.”

Stamp Issuing Country: Great Britain Date of Issue: 22-Sep-1971 Denomination: 7½p Color: multicolored Stamp Type: Single Stamp Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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