Eisenman Architects: University of Phoenix Stadium for the Arizona Cardinals (Source Books in Architecture, 8) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156898720X ISBN 13: 9781568987200

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008

Synopsis

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 ground-breaking feature of the design is its grass roll-out 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.

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About the Author

Todd Gannon is an architect, teacher, 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 156898720X
• ISBN 13: 9781568987200
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 159