From Composite Building to Partial Figure: Variations in the Teaching of Colin Rowe and Peter Eisenman

Abstract

Study and question the legacy of teachings of Rowe and EisenmanArchitect, educator and historian, at his death in 1999 Colin Rowe's influence on post 1945 architectural education in North American and Britain in particular was generously acknowledged. His impact as a teacher had already been celebrated, first in 1985 when he was awarded the American Institute of Architect's Topaz Medallion for Architectural Education and then in 1995 when he was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architect's Gold Medal. His books include The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays (1976), Collage City written with Fred , The Architecture of Good Intentions (1994), and a three-volume collection of essays and memoirs As I Was Saying Recollections and Miscellaneous Essays (1996).