Présentation de l'éditeur :
The basic form of the American sports stadium has not changed much in
the last century. But in an unexpected and controversial act of daring,
the Arizona Cardinals football team selected awarding-winning architect
and intellectual provocateur Peter Eisenman to design their stadium in
Glendale, Arizona.
Opened in the summer of 2006, Eisenman's latest work
rejects all traditional and staid notions of the sports stadium.
Inspired by and sectioned like a barrel cactus, its shell is composed
of huge, steel paraboloid sections. The domed stadium boasts a
steel-and-fabric retractable roof that allows light to penetrate when
closed while maintaining an airy feel inside. The most groundbreaking
feature of the design is its grass rollout field, which remains outside
the stadium until game time, when it is rolled in on steel wheel sets
powered by small electric motors. Eisenman Architects,
the eighth volume in the Source Books in Architecture series, provides
a comprehensive look at a contemporary masterpiece and a landmark of
excellence in civic and sports architecture.
Todd
Gannon (MArch, BS Arch; Ohio State) is an architect, educator, and
writer based in Los Angeles. He has taught architectural theory and
design at The Ohio State University, the University of California, Los
Angeles, and Otis College of Art and Design. As series editor of Source
Books in Architecture, he has published books on the work of Morphosis,
Bernard Tschumi, UN Studio, Steven Holl, Mack Scogin/Merrill Elam, Zaha Hadid,
and on the MoMA exhibition "Light Construction." Volumes currently in
production include studies of Peter Eisenman and COOP Himmelblau. His
essays have appeared in Log, Loud Paper, Dialogue, and elsewhere. In
professional practice, he served as lead designer and project manager
for major facilities for Limited Too and the Columbus College of Art
and Design as well as for numerous private residences. He is currently
pursuing a doctoral degree at UCLA that focuses on the British
architectural collaborative Archigram and the emergence of collective
architectural practices in the 1960s.
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