ABOUT PETER EISENMAN - THE DECONSTRUCTIVE ARCHITECT

• BORN AUGUST 11, 1932 (AGE 85) NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, U.S.

• NATIONALITY : AMERICAN

AWARDS WON
GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP FOR HUMANITIES US &
CANADA AWARD
WOLF PRIZE IN ARTS - ARCHITECTURE AWARD
BUILDINGS
HOUSE VI
MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEWS OF EUROPE
CITY OF CULTURE OF GALICIA

PETER EISENMAN (BORN 1932) IS AN AMERICAN ARCHITECT. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE NEW YORK FIVE,
EISENMAN IS KNOWN FOR HIS WRITING AND SPEAKING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE AS WELL AS HIS
DESIGNS, WHICH HAVE BEEN CALLED HIGH MODERNIST OR DECONSTRUCTIVE.

BIOGRAPHY
PETER EISENMAN WAS BORN TO JEWISH PARENTS ON AUGUST 11, 1932, IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
AS A CHILD, HE ATTENDED COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
HE TRANSFERRED IN TO THE ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL AS AN UNDERGRADUATE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
HE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE FROM CORNELL, A MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE
FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION, AND
M.A. AND PH.D. DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
HE RECEIVED AN HONORARY DEGREE FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE IN 2007.
EISENMAN CURRENTLY TEACHES THEORY SEMINARS AND ADVANCED DESIGN STUDIOS AT THE YALE SCHOOL
OF ARCHITECTURE, AND IS PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT THE COOPER UNION SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.

WORKS
• HOUSE VI(FRANK RESIDENCE), CORNWALL, CONNECTICUT.DESIGN: 1972.

• WEXNER CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, OHIO, 1989

• NUNOTANI BUILDING, EDOGAWA TOKYO JAPAN, 1991

• GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTRE, OHIO, 1993

• ARONOFF CENTRE FOR DESIGN AND ART, UNIVERSITY FOR CINCINNATI,

CINCINNATI, OHIO, 1996

• CITY OF CULTURE OF GALCIA, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, GALCIA, SPAIN, 1999

• MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEWS OF EUROPE, BERLIN, 2005

• UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM, GLENDALE, ARIZONA, 2006

TIME LINE
1. HOUSE I, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, 1968 [1]
2. HOUSE II (FALK HOUSE), HARDWICK, VERMONT, 1969 [2]
3. HOUSE III, LAKEVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 1971 [3]
4. HOUSE IV, FALLS VILLAGE, CONNECTICUT, 1971 [4]
5. HOUSE VI (FRANK RESIDENCE), CORNWALL CONNECTICUT, 1975 [5]
6. HOUSE X, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN, 1975 [6]
7. BROOKLYN FIREHOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, 1985 [7]
8. IBA SOCIAL HOUSING, BERLIN, WEST GERMANY, 1985 [8]
9. WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS, OHIO,
THE MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEWS OF
1989 [9]
EUROPE ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOLOCAUST
10. KOIZUMI SANGYO HEADQUARTERS, TOKYO,JAPAN, 1990 [10]
MEMORIAL IS A MEMORIAL IN BERLIN TO THE
11. GRONINGEN MUSIC-VIDEO PAVILION, GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS, 1990 [11]
JEWISH VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST, DESIGNED BY
12. NUNOTANI BUILDING, TOKYO JAPAN, 1992 [12]
ARCHITECT PETER EISENMAN AND BURO HAPPOLD.
13. GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 1993 [13]
14. JCDECAUX BUS SHELTER, AACHEN, GERMANY, 1996 [14] IT CONSISTS OF A 19,000-SQUARE-METRE (200,000
15. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ARNOFF CENTER, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 1996 [15] SQ FT) SITE COVERED WITH 2,711 CONCRETE SLABS
16. CITY OF CULTURE OF GALICIA, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, GALICIA, SPAIN, 1999 OR "STELAE", ARRANGED IN A GRID PATTERN ON A
[16] SLOPING FIELD. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO PLACE
17. IL GIARDINO DEI PASSI PERDUTI, CASTELVECCHIO MUSEUM, VERONA, 2005 NEARLY 4,000 SLABS, BUT AFTER THE
(TEMPORARY INSTALLATION - NOW REMOVED)[17] RECALCULATION, THE NUMBER OF SLABS THAT
18. MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEWS OF EUROPE, BERLIN, 2005 [18] COULD LEGALLY FIT INTO THE DESIGNATED AREAS
19. STATE FARM STADIUM, GLENDALE, ARIZONA, 2006 [19] WAS 2,711.
20. RESIDENZE CARLO ERBA, MILAN, ITALY, 2019 [20]
THE STELAE ARE 2.38 M (7 FT 9+1⁄2 IN) LONG, 0.95 M
(3 FT 1+1⁄2 IN) WIDE AND VARY IN HEIGHT FROM 0.2
TO 4.7 METRES (8 IN TO 15 FT 5 IN).