Blurred Zones: Investigations of the Interstitial: Eisenman Architects 1988-1998

by Peter Eisenman

In the late 1980s, the New York-based office Eisenman Architects, led by architect and educator Peter Eisenman, shifted from an investigation of "artificial excavations" as an architectural tool to a conscious pursuit of a concept he called "blurring." Blurring is not a visual effect but rather deals with affect, that is, a strategy for exploring a mind/body relationship in architecture that displaces the conventional or expected experience of space...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580930492
• ISBN13: 9781580930499
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Monacelli Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.2" x 11.0"