Eisenman, Peter  1932- <br/><br/>
Ten canonical buildings 1950-2000 /  txt 
Peter Eisenman ; foreword by Stan Allen ; edited by Ariane Lourie. 
 - First published in the United States of America  
 - 303 p.  ill. (some col.), plans (some col.)  27 cm.  book 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [289-299]) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780847830480 0847830480 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007921092 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture--Composition, proportion, etc.<br/>Architecture--Philosophy.<br/>Architecture, Modern--20th century.<br/>Architects<br/>Architecture, Postmodern
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA2760  / E45 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>720.922 724.6