{"product_id":"lateness-9780691147222","title":"Lateness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative case for historical ambiguity in architecture by one of the field's leading theorists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConceptions of modernity in architecture are often expressed in the idea of the zeitgeist, or \"spirit of the age,\" an attitude toward architectural form that is embedded in a belief in progressive time. \u003ci\u003eLateness\u003c\/i\u003e explores how architecture can work against these linear currents in startling and compelling ways. In this incisive book, internationally renowned architect Peter Eisenman, with Elisa Iturbe, proposes a different perspective on form and time in architecture, one that circumvents the temporal constraints on style that require it to be \"of the times\"--lateness. He focuses on three twentieth-century architects who exhibited the qualities of lateness in their designs: Adolf Loos, Aldo Rossi, and John Hejduk. Drawing on the critical theory of Theodor Adorno and his study of Beethoven's final works, Eisenman shows how the architecture of these canonical figures was temporally out of sync with conventions and expectations, and how lateness can serve as a form of release from the restraints of the moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together architecture, music, and philosophy, and drawing on illuminating examples from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, \u003ci\u003eLateness\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how today's architecture can use the concept of lateness to break free of stylistic limitations, expand architecture's critical capacity, and provide a new mode of analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Eisenman\u003c\/b\u003e is founder and principal of Eisenman Architects and visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWritten into the Void: Selected Writings, 1990-2004\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTracing Eisenman\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eElisa Iturbe\u003c\/b\u003e is cofounder of the firm Outside Development and a critic at the Yale School of Architecture and the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union. \u003cb\u003eSarah Whiting\u003c\/b\u003e is Dean and Josep Llu?s Sert Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859161452818,"sku":"9780691147222","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48a4d5c1-2588-4e6c-80f0-88767758b747.jpg?v=1737550619","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lateness-9780691147222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}