Houses of Cards by Peter Eisenman (1987, Hardcover)

Description: This book is a rich investigation of Eisenman's first six houses, which he calls "Houses of Cards", and specifically about House IV and House VI. In these houses, Eisenman has stripped architecture of its traditional meanings and associations, making the planes, walls, and elements of the houses as valueless as an arrangement of playing cards. The book contains the architect's own texts on House IV and House VI, which he wrote in 1974, and 1976, as they were being designed, as well as an overview in which he places these houses in the context of his work as a whole. Manfredo Tafuri offers a psychological perspective; Rosalind Krauss provides cultural and historical contexts. The book is profusely illustrated with sketches, diagrams, and photographs. The book itself becomes a new project - a metaphor for Eisenman's approach to architecture - layered with "absences and presences," a complex fiction.

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Location: Portland, Oregon

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