Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Fair. Please note that this item is in acceptable condition. Spine out of square. The cover has wear, creases and corner bumps. Spine will show signs of wear. Quite a lot of underlining are marking. Light page tanning. Cover looks pretty sad aesthetically. Old price sticker on front. Book is still very usable. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: "The Museum of Modern Art, New York"
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780870702822ISBN:0870702823
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Date Published: 1977-11-01
ISBN-13:9780870702822ISBN:0870702823
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780870702822. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780810960237ISBN:0810960230
Description: Very Good- 0810960230. Minor crease to lower front corner of cover and first few pages; remainder mark on bottom. Interior unmarked.; 0.47 x 11.07 x 8.59 Inches; 132 pages; First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document in architectural literature. As Venturi's ""gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture, "" Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the ... read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Museum of Modern Art, Garden City, New York
Date Published: (1966)
Description: First edition. Introduction by Vincent Scully. Ownership signature of noted architect Richard Kelly, fine in solied, very good dustwrapper with light wear at the crown. The hardcover edition is uncommon. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Date Published: 1977-07-15
ISBN-13:9780870702822ISBN:0870702823
Description: Good. Edge and corner wear. Creases to cover. Hi-lighting to pages. Pages still readable and tight. All U.S. orders shipped with tracking number and e-mail confirmation. read more
Edition: 2nd edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780870702822ISBN:0870702823
Description: New. First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document in architectural literature. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture, " Complexity and Contradiction... read more
"Probably my favorite architectural theory book read to date. Very easy to understand the key points, and complete a useful system of analysis and framing. The "dialectical narrative" follows that architecture, as lineage, modernism included (in it's best sense), is complex and contradictory. Finis. The greater point is that this implies many other good things about architecture. Balance. Restraint. Nuance and the subjective experience. The post-modern awful used this as a rallying cry, just as the modern awful used the theories of CIAM/Corbu. Thus it has been unfairly contextualized (no pun) and should be re-read as theory and insight instigator. The biggest mistake in the printing of this book (my opinion of Learning from Las Vegas as well) was putting the built works in the back. If you give idiots something to copy, don't think they won't and make it worse."
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