Description
Sixty-three architectural drawings in pencil, pen and marker on paper document the design development of House VI, one of
Peter Eisenman's most important early polemical designs. Commissioned by Suzanne and Dick Frank, it was designed and built
in 1972-1975, in Cornwall, Connecticut. All the drawings in this collection date from 1972.
Background
American architect, educator and theoretician, Peter Eisenman founded the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in
New York City in 1967. Critics of that time dubbed him one of the New York Five (along with Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey,
John Hejduk, and Richard Meier), a loose, theoretical and aesthetic grouping of New York architects that presaged Post-Modernism.
The Corbusier-inspired design of House VI, Eisenman's sixth house design, signals the formalist aesthetic of that school.
Restrictions
Contact the Head of Special collections, The Getty Research Institute, for copyright information and permission to publish.
Availability
Open for use by qualified researchers.