Clash of the Titans

Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman will duke it out, in a conversation moderated by Phyllis Lambert, at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal, on June 8. More info inside...

From the official press release:



The Canadian Center for Architecture presents Urgency,
a public conversation with Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman on 8 June
2007. Major international figures of the architectural world, Rem
Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman will each address one topic they consider
to be of vital importance and urgency in contemporary architecture.
Following their presentations, the architects will be joined in
conversation by CCA Founding Director and Chair of the Board of
Trustees Phyllis Lambert.



Urgency is a free event and takes place in the CCA’s Baile Park from 10 am to 12 pm.



Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is principal of the Office for
Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and director of the Project on the City
at Harvard University. OMA’s recent projects include the Seoul National
University Museum of Art (2005), the Prada Epicenter in Los Angeles
(2004), and the Seattle Public Library (2004). Rem Koolhaas received
the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000.



Peter Eisenman is a New York-based architect. Through his extensive
theoretical writings and built projects in the United States, Japan,
Spain, and Germany, he has influenced generations of architects and
paved the way for the current digital avant-garde. His Memorial to the
Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin received the Honor Award of the
American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, in 2005. The CCA
holds the comprehensive archives of Peter Eisenman, including drawings,
prints, models, photographs, and documents covering his practice from
the late 1950s to the present.



Urgency reflects the CCA’s ongoing exploration of critical
issues facing architecture and contemporary society. The event is
presented in conjunction with the 2007 Soirée Phyllisienne Ball on 7
June and forms part of a series of special events and programs in
honour of Phyllis Lambert’s 80th birthday in 2007.

- Geoff Manaugh on May 25, 07 | 2:57 pm