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About the Author

Peter Eisenman is principal of Eisenman Architects in New York, Louis I. Kahn Professor of Architecture at Yale University; the author of a great number of books and articles; and the subject of many others

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Works by Peter Eisenman

Diagram Diaries (1999) 73 copies, 1 review
Ten Canonical Buildings: 1950-2000 (2008) 65 copies, 1 review
The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture (2005) 40 copies, 1 review
House X (1983) 33 copies
Palladio Virtuel (2015) 23 copies
Houses of Cards (1987) 23 copies, 2 reviews
Re: Working Eisenman (1993) 23 copies
Holocaust Memorial Berlin (2005) 13 copies
Codex (2005) 13 copies
Oppositions 17, Summer 1979 (1980) 11 copies
Oppositions 10, Fall 1977 (1978) — Editor — 10 copies
Oppositions 9, Summer 1977 (1977) — Editor — 9 copies
Memory Games (1996) 9 copies
Oppositions 5, Summer 1976 (1976) — Editor — 9 copies, 1 review
Oppositions 14, Fall 1978 (1978) 7 copies
Oppositions 4, October 1974 (1975) — Editor — 6 copies
Oppositions 12, Spring 1978 (1978) — Editor — 5 copies
Fin d'Ou T Hou S (Folios) (1985) 4 copies
Rewriting Alberti (2025) 3 copies
Oppositions 2, January 1974 (1974) — Editor — 3 copies
Oppositions 6, Fall 1976 (1976) — Editor — 3 copies
Peter Eisenman Feints (2008) 2 copies
La fine del classico (2009) 2 copies

Associated Works

Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books (2009) — Contributor — 215 copies, 4 reviews
Malaparte: A House Like Me (1999) — Contributor — 55 copies, 1 review

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10 reviews
It has been said that Peter Eisenman considers architecture a form of shock whatever his intent, he has created one of the most controversial bodies of work of any contemporary American architect. This test is an exposition of Peter Eisenman's design philosophy, illustrating his groundbreaking contributions to 20th-century American design. Eisenman's own essays and illustrations explain his diagram-based approach to design, whereby sites and structures can be manipulated in diagram form. The show more book showcases his work to date - from his earliest house designs to the heralded Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, and on to commissions such as the Memorial for the Victims of the Holocaust in Vienna. show less

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