Background
Eisenman, Peter David was born on August 11, 1932 in Newark. Son of Herschel I. and Sylvia H. (Heller) Eisenman.
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Peter Eisenman has been an innovative presence in the field of architecture and architectural theory for more than thirty years. Architect, educator, founder and director of the Institute for Architecture and Urbanism, he has given definition to the principal debates on the architecture of our past, present, and future. In this remarkable collection, nineteen of his most important essays are presented together for the first time. Generously illustrated and with a new introduction by the author, these writings assemble the ideas that both set and provoked contemporary architectural practice and theory. This collection ranges from comprehensive theoretical analyses to close readings of Eisenman's own work and that of such architects as Andrea Palladio, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling, Philip Johnson, and John Hedjuk. Providing new perspectives on these architects and on Eisenman's own methodologies, these writings present an insider's appraisal of the polemics that have defined architecture over the past half century and that continue as one of the major ongoing forces in the discourse today.
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Eisenman, Peter David was born on August 11, 1932 in Newark. Son of Herschel I. and Sylvia H. (Heller) Eisenman.
Bachelor of Architecture, Cornell University, 1955. Master of Science in Architecture, Columbia University, New York City, 1960. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, England, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1963. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), University Illinois, Chicago, 1988. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Pratt Institute, 1997.
DArch (honorary), University La Sapienza, Rome, 2003.
Principal Eisenman/Robertson Architects, New York City, 1980-1988, Eisenman Architects, New York City, since 1988. Founder Institute Architecture and Urban Studies, New York City, 1967, director, 1967-1982. Member faculty Cambridge University, 1960-1963, Princeton University, 1965-1967.
Faculty Cooper Union, since 1970, adjunct professor, 1975-1986, Irwin Chanin Distinguished professor since 1986. Archaeology-in-residence American Academy Rome, 1976. Kea professor University Maryland, 1978.
Charlotte Davenport professor Yale University, 1980, Louis I. Kahn professor architect, since 2001. Arthur Rotch professor Harvard University, 1982-1985, Eliot Noyes visiting critic, 1993. Louis H. Sullivan research professor architecture University Illinois, Chicago, 1987-1993.
Visiting professor Ohio State University, 1991-1993. John Williams professor architecture University Arkansas, 1997. Served in United States Army, 1955-1957.
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Fellow American Institute of Architects. Member American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Architectural League New York (vice president 1970), Conference Architects Study Environmental (co-founder 1964) Clubs: Century Association (New York City).
Married Elizabeth Henderson, 1963 (divorced 1990). Children: Julia, Nicholas. Married Cynthia Davidson, 1990.
1 child, Samuel Chapin.