PETER EISENMAN | Diagram Diaries

Each page of Eisenman's “Diagram Diaries” is densely packed with drawings, photographs, and ideas from the practice of the provocateur architect. First printing. Beautiful graphic design. Introduction by R.E. Somol. Crisp copy with very minor wear to cover. Near fine. Scarce in this condition.  ""Diagram Diaries" is an unprecedented illustrated chronicle that showcases Eisenman's work to date-from his earliest house designs to the heralded Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, through current commissions such as the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences in New York City. This volume is more than a straightforward survey of the architect's work, however; it is by its very nature an engaging exploration of the process of design. Essays and detailed descriptions are built along a central axis tracing Eisenman's career. Project profiles are organized according to their "generating motif": the interiority of architecture, or projects generated by the internal forces of shapes and forms; a