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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture more books like this

by Robert Venturi

Foreword by Arthur Drexler. Introduction by Vincent Scully.

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Learning from Las Vegas, Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form

Learning from Las Vegas, Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form more books like this

by Robert Venturi, Steven Azenour, Steven Izenour

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 ...

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William L. Price: Arts and Crafts to Modern Design

William L. Price: Arts and Crafts to Modern Design more books like this

by George E Thomas, Robert Venturi (Introduction by)

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.

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Iconography and Electronics Upon a Generic Architecture: A View from the Drafting Room

Iconography and Electronics Upon a Generic Architecture: A View from the Drafting Room more books like this

by Robert Venturi

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 ...

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Mother's House more books like this

by Robert Venturi, Schwartz Frederic (Editor)

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Taking Liberties

Taking Liberties more books like this

by David Graham (Photographer), Robert Venturi (Introduction by)

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 ...

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A View from the Campidoglio: Selected Essays, 1953-1984 more books like this

by Robert Venturi

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Learning from La Jolla

Learning from La Jolla more books like this

by Hugh M Davies, Anne Farrell, Robert Venturi

Contributions by Robert Venturi. Text by Laurie Ann Farrell, Hugh Davies.

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Architecture as Signs and Systems: For a Mannerist Time

Architecture as Signs and Systems: For a Mannerist Time more books like this

by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown

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 ...

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Learning from Las Vegas more books like this

by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour

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Viva Las Vegas: After-Hours Architecture

Viva Las Vegas: After-Hours Architecture more books like this

by Alan Hess, Denise Scott Brown (Foreword by), Robert Venturi (Foreword by)

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, ...

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Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form more books like this

by Robert Venturi

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 ...

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Komplexitat Und Widerspruch in Der Architektur more books like this

by Robert Venturi, Heinrich Klotz (Editor), Heinz Schollwc6ck (Translator)

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 ...

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Learning from La Jolla: Robert Venturi Remakes a Museum in the Precinct of Irving Gill more books like this

by Hugh Marlais Davies, Marjorie J Pierce

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Architecture of Robert Venturi more books like this

by Robert Venturi

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Complejidad y Contradiccion En La Arquitectura more books like this

by Robert Venturi

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.

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Aprendiendo de Las Vegas

by Robert Venturi

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 ...

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Learning from Hangzhou

Learning from Hangzhou more books like this

by Mathieu Borysevicz, Robert Venturi (Foreword by), Denise Scott-Brown (Foreword by)

By Mathieu A. Borysevicz. Foreword by Denise Scott-Brown, Robert Venturi, Clarisa Diaz. Translated by Yan Yang.

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Lernen Von Las Vegas: Zur Ikonographie Und Architektursymbolik Der Geschaftsstadt more books like this

by Robert Venturi, Denise S Brown, Steven Izenour

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 ...

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Complexity and contradiction in architecture. With a introd. by Vincent Scully. more books like this

by Robert Venturi, New York. Museum of Modern Art

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