Venturi and Scott Brown argue, in this influential book, that the architecture of Las Vegas is highly effective because it communicates by way of flamboyant (and informative) signs rather than by the shapes of its buildings. Most of the buildings, they point out, are "decorated sheds." And they draw attention to similar buildings throughout the ...
Price's role in shaping American architecture is uncovered in this lavishly illustrated volume, which documents the architect's complete works including over 350 hotels, houses, and pieces of furniture bringing to light this unknown American master.
Robert Venturi is the author of "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" and "Learning from Las Vegas" (the latter co-authored with Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour) - the one celebrating complexity in architecture, the other the uses of symbolism in commercial and vernacular architecture and signage. This collection of writings in a ...
As eccentric and entertaining as its subject matter, " Viva Las Vegas" examines the architectural and historical evolution of America's original strip city, from its modest origins as a sleepy roadside stop to the neon splendor of its extravagant 'theme' hotels. Illustrated with fascinating contemporary and archival photographs, this inviting, ...
One of America's most important contemporary photographers shares his latest installment of documents in "Taking Liberties," a collection of 65 beautifully produced full-color photographs with an introduction by the prominent American architect Robert Venturi. Graham's myriad subjects include 3,000 miles of full-color roadside attractions, and a ...
Robert Venturi exploded onto the architectural scene in 1966 with a radical call to arms in Complexity and Contradiction. Further accolades and outrage ensued in 1972 when Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (along with Steven Izenour) analyzed the Las Vegas strip as an archetype in Learning from Las Vegas. Now, for the first time, these two observer ...
Venturi and Scott Brown argue, in this influential book, that the architecture of Las Vegas is highly effective because it communicates by way of flamboyant (and informative) signs rather than by the shapes of its buildings. Most of the buildings, they point out, are "decorated sheds." And they draw attention to similar buildings throughout the ...
Robert Venturi gehArt zu denjenigen Architekten, welche die Debatte A1/4ber die A"sthetik der Architektur durch Schriften und eigene Projekte wieder in Gang gebracht haben. Sein Buch ist ein PlAdoyer zur Wiederaneignung des mannigfaltigen Reichtums der Baukunst, ein Damm gegen die Sintflut von FunktionalitAt und Purismus. In einer Anmerkung zur ...
Aprendiendo de las Vegas surgio a partir de una saludable controversia que tuvo lugar en 1972, en la que se llego a la conclusion de que los arquitectos deberian ser mas receptivos a los gustos y valores del pueblo comun, y menos impudicos en sus erecciones como "heroe" de los monumentos elevados para si mismos. La presente edicion incluye la ...
En un intento de desmitificacion de los "sabios" presupuestos de la arquitectura oficialmente actual, Venturi contesta una serie de nociones que han guiado a los modernos disenadores de arquitectura.
Ausgangspunkt fA1/4r diese VerAffentlichung, die sich schon lange zu einem Klassiker der Architekturtheorie entwickelt hat, war ein Seminar an der FakultAt fA1/4r Kunst und Architektur der Yale University in Jahr 1968 mit dem Titel "Learning from Las Vegas, or Form Analysis as Design Research." Im Vorwort zur ersten Auflage heiAt es: "Mitten durch ...
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Urban America Inc.
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good + 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Softcover. Volume 131, No. 3. This volume features an essay entitled "The Bicentennial Commemoration 1976..." by Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, " Welfare Island, a Proposal for a New Town for New York City by Architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, " by John S. Margolies. Also featured is the work of Mies Van Der Rohe. Thin quarto; pictorial stiff wraps; 118 pp.; profusely illustrated in b/w; some color; very light rubbing to covers, else a clean, ... read more
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