The New York Five

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The New York Five refers to a group of five New York City architects (Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk and Richard Meier) whose work appeared in a Museum of Modern Art exhibition organized by Arthur Drexler in 1967, and the subsequent book Five Architects in 1972.

These five had a common allegiance to a pure form of architectural modernism, harkening back to the work of Le Corbusier in the 1920s and 1930s, although on closer examination their work was far more individual.The grouping may have had more to do with social and academic allegiances, particularly the mentoring role of Philip Johnson.

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Peter Eisenman

Peter Eisenman was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1932. He studied at Cornell and Columbia Universities and then at Cambridge University in England. He taught at Cambridge, Princeton and the Cooper Union in New York,

where he was founder and director of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies.

Until recently, few of his designs had been built. As a result, most attention has focused on his architectural ideas which attempt to create contextually disconnected architecture.

Charles Gwathmey (June 19, 1938 – August 3, 2009) was an American architect. He was a principal at Gwathmey

Siegel & Associates Architects, as well as one of the five architects identified as The New York Five in 1969. One of Gwathmey's most famous designs is the 1992 renovation

of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

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Gwathmey designed this condominium tower at 445

Lafayette Street where Lafayette, Cooper Square and Astor Place

come together.

Charles Gwathmey

Richard Meier was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1934. He graduated from Cornell University in 1957 then worked with a series of architects, including Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill and 

Marcel Breuer. He established his own practice in 1963.Meier has maintained a specific and unalterable attitude toward the design of buildings from

the moment he first entered architecture. Although his later projects show a definite refinement from his earlier projects, he clearly authored both based on the same design

concepts. With admirable consistency and dedication, he has ignored the fashion trends of modern architecture and maintained his own design philosophy.

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Richard M

eier

Smith House

John Hejduk 

John Hejduk was born in New York in 1929. He studied at the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture and at the University of Cincinnati. He graduated from

the Harvard Graduate School of Design with an Masters in Architecture in 1953. He worked in several architectural offices in New York including the office of I.

M. Pei and Partners and the office of A.M. Kinney and Associates. He established his own practice in New York in 1965.

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Wall house By John Hejduk

Michael Graves

Michael Graves was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1934. He studied at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio and at Harvard University. After working as a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome for two years, he started his own

practice in Princeton, New Jersey. He became a professor at Princeton University in 1972.

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Portland Building