Document Type
Book Chapter
Date
1994
Keywords
Peter Eisenman, architectural theory, modernism, abstract design methodology, architectural topographies, Cities of Artificial Excavation, decomposition, fiction, scaling, urban architecture
Language
English
Disciplines
Architectural History and Criticism | Architecture
Description/Abstract
In this introduction, Bédard traces American architect Peter Eisenman's evolution as an architect and theorist from his work on houses from 1967 until 1980 to a body of work titled, "Cities of Artificial Excavation," which he completed between 1978 and 1988. In "Cities of Artificial Excavation," Eisenman interrogates a series of fictions by using dissimulation to produce an "artificial" architecture.
ISBN
978-0847817610
Recommended Citation
Bédard, Jean-François. "Introduction," Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978-1988. Ed. Jean-François Bédard. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1994, p. 9-18.
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