[USA] Peter Eisenman

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Peter Eisenman was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1932. He studied at Cornell and Columbia Universities and then at Cambridge University in England. He taught at Cambridge, Princeton and the Cooper Union in New York, where he was founder and director of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies.
Until recently, few of his designs had been built. As a result, most attention has focused on his architectural ideas which attempt to create contextually disconnected architecture.
Eisenman has always sought somewhat obscure parallels between his architectural works and philosophical or literary theory. His earlier houses were "generated" from a transformation of forms related to the tenuous relationship of language to an underlying structure.
Eisenman's latter works show a sympathy with the "anti-humanist" ideas of deconstructionism.
Text taken from www.greatbuildings.com

In my opinion Peter Eisenman is a thought provoking and engaging architect. His work, both theortical and realized was and is at the forefront of architectural discussion and thought. (Would be curious of others thoughts on this).

The following link gives a bibliography of Eisenman’s publications:
Bibliography

An interview of Eisenman in 2002:
Interview

Another interview from Archinect.com:
Interview

Archpedia link on Eisenman:
Link

Eisenman’s webpage Link:
Link

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House I 1968

Princeton, NJ

image from http://www.archpedia.com/Architects/Peter-Eisenman.html

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House II 1970

Hardwick, VT

image from: archpedia

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HOsue III 1970

Lakeville, CN

image from: archpedia

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House VI 1972

Corwall, CT

image from: archpedia

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Wexner Center 1989

following images taken from: Link

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another Wexner Center view from front

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Interior view of Gallery

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aerial view taken from: archpedia

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Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH

1993

following images from: Link