RE Industry Seminar: Peter Eisenman, founder of Eisenman Architects
Date: Thursday, February 19th
When: 4:30-6:30 with reception to follow in the Regents Lounge
Where: Beck 198
Attire: Business
Peter Eisenman
founder of Eisenman Architects
The Cornell Real Estate Industry seminar welcomes Peter Eisenman, founder of Eisenman Architects, to campus as part of the Cornell Real Estate Industry seminar series this Thursday. Mr. Eisenman is an internationally recognized architect who has designed award-wining urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and a series of inventive private houses. In 1967, Mr. Eisenman founded the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS), an international think tank for architecture in New York, and served as its director until 1982. Prior to establishing a full-time architectural practice in 1980, Mr. Eisenman worked as an independent architect, educator, and theorist. Mr. Eisenman has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Arnold W. Brunner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Mr. Eisenman holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University, a Master of Science in Architecture degree from Columbia University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Cambridge University (UK). He holds three honorary Doctorates of Fine Arts, from the University of Illinois, Chicago, the Pratt Institute in New York, and Syracuse University. In 2003, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Architecture by the Università La Sapienza in Rome. He also was the Arthur Rotch Professor of Architecture from 1982 to 1985. Mr. Eisenman’s comments in seminar will range from international comparisons in design to remarks on the politics of design and development, and provide ample opportunity for questions.