Student Lecture Series: Peter Eisenman / Projects and Practice

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 6 - 8pm

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THURSDAY 19 APRIL AT 6PM  |  RM 315  |  THE FOUNDATION BUILDING

Peter Eisenman is the Charles Gwathmey Professor in Practice at Yale University and principal of Eisenman Architects. He has designed large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and a series of inventive private houses. His current projects include the six-building City of Culture of Galacia in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and a large condominium housing block in Milan, Italy. Mr. Eisenman has taught at Cambridge University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Ohio State University, and The Cooper Union. His many books include Eisenman: Inside Out, Selected Writings 1963-1988; Written into the Void, Selected Writings 1990-2004; Tracing Eisenman; and Giuseppe Terragni: Transformations, Decompositions, Critiques. From 1967 to 1982 he was the director of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City, which he founded.

 

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