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Peter Eisenman

first came to prominence in Philip Johnson's "New York Five" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1969. For the past three decades his writings, case studies, proposals and built designs have comprised one of the most influential and controversial architectural practices of its time. Deeply involved with philosophy and literary theory, until very recently Eisenman's work had remained unbuilt, a series of intellectual positions and competition entries. Among his built projects are the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio (1983-89), for which he won the American Institute of Architecture Award. He is currently designing a library for the United Nations complex in Geneva and the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences at the St. George Ferry Terminal. He was the founder and director of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies at the Cooper Union in New York, and the editor of its influential journal, Oppositions. Eisenman has exhibited widely and is the author of several books, including House X (1983), Diagram Diaries (1999), and Chora L Works with Jacques Derrida (1997). He is currently the first Irwin S. Chanin Distinguished Professor of Architecture at The Cooper Union in New York City. He holds an M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.