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TOUCHING THE VOID WRITTEN INTO THE VOID: SELECTED WRITINGS 1990-2004 By Peter Eisenman. London: Yale University Press. 2007. £25
The cultish world of architectural 'theory' is almost by definition indifferent to the vulgar concerns of mere outsiders, and nothing can better illustrate its eccentricity and obscurity than the curious, self-referential works of Peter Eisenman - so memorably described by James Stevens Curl's Dictionary as 'somewhat overloaded with references to tropes, trendy philosophers, and generalizations'. Here is a volume of collected writings to show that the caravan is still on the road. These 'selected writings' are 19 short...