Main entry:

Eisenman, Peter, 1932-

Title & Author:

Ten canonical buildings 1950-2000 / Peter Eisenman ; foreword by Stan Allen ; edited by Ariane Lourie.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli : Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House, 2008.

Description:

303 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299) and index.
Profiles of text: Luigi Moretti, Casa "Il Girasole," 1947-50 -- The umbrella diagram: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House, 1946-51 -- Textual heresies: Le Corbusier, Palais des Congrès-Strasbourg, 1962-64 -- From plaid grid to diachronic space: Louis I. Kahn, Adler House and DeVore House, 1954-55 -- The nine-square diagram and its contradictions: Robert Venturi, Vanna Venturi House, 1959-64 -- Material inversions: James Stirling, Leicester Engineering Building, 1959-63 -- Texts of analogy: Aldo Rossi, Cemetery of San Cataldo, 1971-78 -- Strategies of the void: Rem Koolhaas, Jussieu Libraries, 1992-93 -- The deconstruction of the axis: Daniel Libeskind, Jewish Museum, 1989-99 -- The soft umbrella diagram: Frank O. Gehry, Peter B. Lewis Building, 1997-2002.

Summary:

Eisenman identifies a project within the oeuvre of each of10 influential architects--Luigi Moretti, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Robert Venturi, James Stirling, Aldo Rossi, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, and Frank Gehry--that has profoundly affected architectural discourse and practice.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780847830480
0847830489
9780947830480

Subject:

Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Postmodern.
Architecture Designs and plans.
Architects History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Design architectural.
Architecture postmoderne.
Architecture Philosophie.
Architecture Dessins et plans.
Architectes Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Postmodern.
architectural theory.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architecture
Architects
Architektur
Geschichte 1950-2000

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung
History
Architectural drawings

Added entries:

Harrison, Ariane Lourie.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273112
Call No.: NA44.E36.A74 2008
Status: Available