Peter David Eisenman (American, 1932- ) designed the Aronoff Center for the Arts at the University of Cincinnati. The building's design displays the philosophy of the deconstructionist Jacques Derrida, a major influence on Eisenman since the 1980s. Eisenman received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University and was the founder and director of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS). He also founded the Conference of Architects for the Study of the Environment (CASE) and taught at Cambridge University, Princeton University, and Cooper Union, New York. Below is a list of sources on the work, life and philosophy of Peter Eisenman. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list but rather to provide a starting point for research.
Consult Biography Resource Center for more information on Eisenman's career. This resource provides links to magazine articles as well as web sites.
Books and other resources available from the University of Cincinnati Library:
Search UCLID, the library' online catalog for books and other resources on
Eisenman.
Listed below are some links to frequently consulted publications:
Blurred zones: investigations
of the interstitial: Eisenman Architects, 1988-1998
Andrew Benjamin, et al.
DAAP STACKS
NA737.E33 B58 2003
Chora L works: Jacques
Derrida and Peter Eisenman
Jeffrey Kipnis and Thomas Leeser, ed.
DAAP STACKS
NA737.E33 A2 1997
Cities of artificial
excavation: the work of Peter Eisenman, 1978-1988
Jean-François Bédard, ed.
DAAP STACKS
NA737.E33 A4 1994
Diagram diaries
Peter Eisenman
DAAP STACKS
NA737.E33 A4 1999
Eisenman inside out:
selected writings, 1963-1988
Peter Eisenman
DAAP STACKS
NA737.E33 A35 2004
Eleven authors in
search of a building: the Aronoff Center for Design and Art at the University
of Cincinnati
Cynthia C. Davidson, ed.
DAAP STACKS
NA737.E33 E43 1996
House X / Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenman
DAAP STACKS
NA737.E33 A4 1982
Re-working Eisenman
Peter Eisenman
DAAP STACKS
NA737.E33 A4 1993
Articles:
Several articles appear in the periodical literature on Eisenman and his design philosophy. Art Abstracts (also known as Art Full Text and Art Index) and the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals are the two major indexes in art and architecture. Below is a list of selected articles on Eisenman. Consult library staff for further information.
Eisenman, Peter D. "Notes on conceptual architecture: towards a definition," A + U, no. 365 (February 2001), p. 8-20.
Ivy, Robert. "Challenging Norms: Eisenman's obsession," Architectural Record 191, no. 10 (October 2003), p. 82-6, 88.
Kimball, Roger. "Architecture and ideology," The New Criterion 21, no. 4 (December 2002), p. 22-31.
Knapp, Pat Mason. "It's a DAAP world," I.D. 49, no. 6 (October 2002), p. 48-53.
Sudjic, Deyan. "Peter Eisenman," Domus no. 854 (December 2002), p.
146-7.
Compiled by Shawnee Green-Turner, DAAP Graduate Student
August 27, 2004