Peter Eisenman
Theoretical architect of Wexner Center, using grids and fragmentation to challenge norms.
Most quoted
"The problem with architecture today is that it's too concerned with solving problems. It should be about creating problems."
— from Lecture, 1980
"Architecture is a language, and like any language, it can be used to say things that are not immediately obvious."
— from Book: House X, 1977
"I'm interested in architecture that makes you think, not just architecture that makes you comfortable."
— from Interview, 1985
All quotes by Peter Eisenman (102)
I'm not interested in making pretty buildings; I'm interested in making meaningful ones.
The diagram is not a representation; it's a generative tool.
Architecture is a process of questioning.
The ground is not a tabula rasa; it's a palimpsest.
Architecture is about the manipulation of space and time.
I don't design buildings; I design ideas.
The monument is not about memory; it's about forgetting.
Architecture is a form of resistance.
The city is not a collection of buildings; it's a network of relationships.
I'm interested in the discomfort of architecture, not its comfort.
The trace is not a sign; it's an index.
Architecture is a continuous negotiation.
The project is not about solving problems, but about revealing them.
Architecture is a form of knowledge.
The fragment is not a part of a whole; it's a whole in itself.
I'm interested in the architecture of absence.
Architecture is a way of making the invisible visible.
The edge is not a boundary; it's a threshold.
Architecture is a form of speculation.
I'm interested in the architecture of the unbuilt.
Contemporaries of Peter Eisenman
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Peter Eisenman (1932).