Peter Eisenman

The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture

In The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture the internationally acclaimed architect Peter Eisenman – world famous for his Holocaust Memorial in Berlin (2005) – confronts historicism with theory and the analysis of form, whose distinguishing features he regards as the foundation of architectural composition. The architect illustrates his observations with numerous, extremely precise hand drawings.

Eisenmann wrote The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture, his dissertation, in 1963 at the University of Cambridge. The dissertation was first published as a facsimile edition by Lars Müller Publishers in 2006. The original content of the publication is now available in a smaller format.

In The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture the internationally acclaimed architect Peter Eisenman – world famous for his Holocaust Memorial in Berlin (2005) – confronts historicism with theory and the analysis of form, whose distinguishing features he regards as the foundation of architectural composition. The architect illustrates his observations with numerous, extremely precise hand drawings.

Eisenmann wrote The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture, his dissertation, in 1963 at the University of Cambridge. The dissertation was first published as a facsimile edition by Lars Müller Publishers in 2006. The original content of the publication is now available in a smaller format.


“More than a book, a relic. The most devoted fans of the American architect can now rejoice, his scholars cheer.”
– Label


Author(s): Peter Eisenman

Design: Integral Lars Müller

22,8 × 24 cm, 9 × 9 ½ in

384 pages, 600 illustrations

hardback

2018, 978-3-03778-573-7, English
CHF 35.00

Peter Eisenman

Peter Eisenman (*1932) is an internationally recognized architect and educator. Award-winning large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and series of inventive private houses shape his career of excellence in design.