Supercritical / Peter Eisenman & Rem Koolhaas ; edited by Brett Steele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenman, Peter, 1932-

Contributor:

Koolhaas, Rem.

Steele, Brett.

Architectural Association (Great Britain)

Series:

Architecture words ; 1.

Architecture words ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eisenman, Peter, 1932---Interviews.

Eisenman, Peter.

Koolhaas, Rem--Interviews.

Koolhaas, Rem.

Eisenman, Peter, 1932-.

Architecture--Philosophy.

Architecture.

City planning--Philosophy.

City planning.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

155 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : AA Publications, [2010]

Summary:

In January 2006 Peter Eisenman joined Rem Koolhaas at the Architectural Association for an evening of conversation about architecture, ideology, and the city. Their dialogue forms the basis for the first volume of AA Words, a series emphasizing the written word as the basis for critical debate by contemporary architects and theorists. Each architect states his views about the terms of architecture, including its theories and relationship to the city and other forms of critical and cultural practice. As a coda to the conversation, the book includes contributions by Jeffrey Kipnis, Robert E. Somol, and Brett Steele, who offer their personal interpretations of the critical practices of Eisenman and Koolhaas.

Contents:

The event: Peter Eisenman & Rem Koolhaas, 2006: a conversation moderated by Brett Steele

The commentary: Jeffrey Kipnis & Robert Somol, 2006: a conversation moderated by Mark Cousins

The backstory: Peter Eisenman, 1975: in conversation with Alvin Boyarsky

Remkookhaas, 1976: introduced by Peter Cook

The afterword: 100 points on Eisenman & Koolhaas

Mea culpa

The evidence: photographs, scans & screenshots.

ISBN:

1902902513

9781902902517

OCLC:

502798025

Publisher Number:

99955001050