Peter Eisenman

Articles

Conversation

Peter Eisenman memorably tussled with the late Christopher Alexander on a Harvard debate stage. He talks to NYRA about that match-up and his aversion to Alexander’s ideas about “comfort” and “harmony.”

Mentions

Dispatch

The word that went mostly unsaid at the event was power.

Dispatch

“When we speak of friends we’ve lost, we speak inevitably of ourselves.”

Dispatch

The future of pedagogy in an era of “pending climate catastrophe while society is driven by the growth that capitalism demands”

Events

2 Dec Tue

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Discussion
7:30 p.m. EST
Dec 2, 2025
Cornell University AAP New York City Center
NY

12 Nov Wed

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Discussion
7:00 p.m. EST
Nov 12, 2025
Cornell University AAP New York City Center
NY

6 Nov Thu

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Book Talk
7:00 p.m. EST
Nov 6, 2025
Cornell University AAP New York City Center
NY

21 Oct Tue

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Discussion
7:00 p.m. EDT
Oct 21, 2025
Cornell University AAP New York City Center
NY

4 Oct 2024 Fri

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Symposium
10:00 a.m. EDT
Oct 4, 2024
Princeton University School of Architecture

3 Oct 2024 Thu

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Symposium
6:00 p.m. EDT
Oct 3, 2024
Princeton University School of Architecture

6 May 2024 Mon

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Discussion
7:00 p.m. EDT
May 6, 2024
New York Review of Architecture & Pentagram
NY

4 Oct 2022 Tue

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5:30 p.m. EDT
Oct 4, 2022
Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, Log Journal, & Anyone Corp.

10 Jun 2022 Fri

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5:30 p.m. EDT
Jun 10, 2022
Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
New York Review of Architecture
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