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Deconstructivist Architects

Zaha Hadid • Documentary, 01-Jan-1989

The end of the 1980’s saw a new architectural sensibility that challenged the prevailing post-Modern attitude. Driven by the philosophy of Derrida, architects of Deconstructivism urge us to be concious of the space we move through. Deconstructivist Architects documents daring and seemingly chaotic structures from Vienna to L.A., interviewing those who pursue its aesthetic issues.

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Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelblau, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Michael Sorkin, Bernard Tschumi, Hajime Yatsuka, Jacques Derrida (critic), Heinrich Klotz (historian), Mark Wigley (theorist), Jeffrey Kipnis (theorist), Hani Rashid, Helmut Swiczinsky

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