Eisenman Architects, 2008
University of Phoenix Stadium for the Arizona Cardinals
Source Books in Architecture Series, Vol. 8

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 laid out like a barrel cactus, its shell is composed of huge steel paraboloid sections. 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.

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.

The stadium opened at the end of the summer 2006 to much critical acclaim

Includes detailed plans, elevations, and photographs provide great resource for architects and students

Book features a unique design by Eisenman Architects