Peter Eisenman's House VI : The Client's Response

A unique architectural publication in which the owner's experience of progressive architecture is prominently featured. The book also includes Eisenman's deep-dive afterword on the owner's renovation plus commentary by Suzanne Frank, Robert AM Stern, Robert Gutman, Kenneth Frampton, and Paul Goldberger.

First printing. 32 color and 67 black & white illustrations.

Tight copy. Minor shelf wear to cover. Price clipped wraps. Very minimal toning to page edges. Very good ++ condition.

"Peter Eisenman's House VI, the Frank residence, has received a great deal of media attention and critical acclaim since its completion in the summer of 1975. It was both celebrated and criticized for being a "dream of pure structure" and "the opposite of home sweet home," and for many years it has been a site of pilgrimages by architects from all over the world. It is still considered one of Eisenman's finest buildings and one of the most polemical works of residential architecture of our time.

Today, House VI is making news again. After a controversial renovation that began in 1988 and was completed in 1992, Eisenman says that the house has lost its edge; the clients, Suzanne and Dick Frank, say they love the house and needed to tame it; and House
VI looks as striking as ever.

This book documents the history of House VI, its life in the media, and its owners' response, and offers a comment from its architect. The book also includes complete visual documentation of the house, conceptual drawings and diagrams, presentation drawings, a full set of re-construction drawings used for the renovation, and a great collection of photographs from the family's archive.” - from the cover flap

8.5 × 9 inches