This book presents six series of highly inventive drawings created between 1972 and 1987 by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi, Daniel Libeskind, and Thom Mayne—young architects who went on to establish major international reputations.

In the early 1970s, a sluggish world economy had all but curtailed new building, moving the most talented architects into an academic environment. Encountering a turbulent intellectual scene there, they used graphic experimentation as a primary means of researching the connections between architecture, philosophy, film, and contemporary culture. The stage was thus set for an eruption of "paper architecture" of incomparable beauty, brilliance, and depth.

Published by the Wexner Center in cooperation with The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on the occasion of the Perfect Acts of Architecture exhibition held at the Wexner Center, January 27 - April 15, 2001. With texts by Jeffrey Kipnis, Wexner Center curator of architecture and design, and a preface by Terence Riley of The Museum of Modern Art. Click here for more information about the Wexner Center’s exhibitions.

180 pp. Hardcover. 58 color illus. 86 duotone illus. 29 black-and-white illus. 8.5 x 10.5 in.