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Title: Five Architects: Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, Meier by Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk, Richard Meier ISBN: 0-19-519795-X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A "modern" classic (if that's not an oxymoron)
Comment: The best reason to get this book is not for the drawings or houses, but for the introduction. This intro is one of the late Colin Rowe's best writings, and clarifies the *difference* between the works presented inside and the works' inspiration from 1930's Modernism, and all the cultural/historical baggage that goes with it. Rowe's writing concerns itself less with form and visual/formal parrallels, which goes somewhat against the stereotypes of Rowe's clique of "Fingerlake Formalists" and presents Rowe as a more astute socio-political analyst than you might otherwise assume.

Buy it for the essay. Take the rest with a grain of salt.

Rating: 5
Summary: All the info with no waffle
Comment: This is one of the best books of its kind, showing why these men went on to be of the best in their field. It is worth buying simply for Meier's Smith house and Gwathmey's Residence and Studeo (1966) alone. These along with Eisenman's theories for both house 1 + 2, though rather OTT in real terms, is insightfull none the less, as well as an indepth review from the ever critical eye of K. Frampton, make this one of my most prized possetions.

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