Title & Author:

Five architects : Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, Meier.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1975.

Description:

137 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
"This book is to some extent the outcome of a meeting of the CASE group (Conference of Architects for the Study of the Environment) held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1969."
Erratum slip inserted.
Peter Eisenman ; House 1 ; House II -- Michael Graves / text William LaRiche. Hanselmann House ; Benecerrat House Addition -- Charles Gwathmey : Gwathmey Residence and Studio ; Bridgehampton Residences -- John Hejduk : House 10 ; Bernstein House ; One Half House -- Richard Meier : Smith House ; Saltzman House.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Five Architects, originally published in 1975, grew out of a meeting of the CASE group (Conference of Architects for the Study of the Environment) held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1969. The purpose of this gathering was to exhibit and criticize the work of five architects -- Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, and Meier -- who constituted a New York school, and who are now among the most influential architects working today.
The buildings shown here have more diversity than one might expect from a school, but share certain properties of form, scale, and treatment of material. Collectively, their work makes a modest claim: it is only architecture, not the salvation of man and the redemption of the earth.
Providing complete drawings and photographic documentation, this collection also includes a comparative critique by Kenneth Frampton, an Introduction by Colin Rowe that suggests a still broader context for the work as a whole, and two short texts in which individual positions are outlined. Now back in print, Five Architects serves as a reference to the early work of some of America's most important architects and provides us with a glimpse back at the direction of architecture as they saw it over twenty years ago.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0195197941
9780195197945
019519795X (pbk.)
9780195197952 (pbk.)

Subject:

Eisenman Peter Architektur.
Graves Michael Architektur.
Gwathmey Charles Architektur.
Hejduk John Architektur.
Meier Richard <Architekt> Architektur.
Eisenman, Peter, 1932-.
Graves, Michael, 1934-2015.
Gwathmey, Charles, 1938-2009.
Hejduk, John, 1929-2000.
Meier, Richard, 1934-.
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic United States 20th century.
Architecture domestique États-Unis 20e siècle.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architecture, Domestic
United States
American Architects.
Architecture (object genre) United States 1960-1980.
Houses United States 1960-1980.

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.
architectural drawings (visual works)
History
Architectural drawings.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, Meier

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74549
Call No.: 2657; ID:86-B12868
Status: Available