The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture (1963)
In The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture the internationally acclaimed US-American 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.
Eisenman 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.
Since 2018, this publication is also available in a smaller format.
In The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture the internationally acclaimed US-American 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.
Eisenman 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.
Since 2018, this publication is also available in a smaller format.
