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Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. (born June 25, 1925 in Philadelphia) is an award-winning American architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 and founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Robert Venturi and his wife and partner, Denise Scott Brown
Denise Scott Brown

Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoretical writings and teaching.






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Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. (born June 25, 1925 in Philadelphia) is an award-winning American architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 and founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Robert Venturi and his wife and partner, Denise Scott Brown
Denise Scott Brown

Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoretical writings and teaching. Venturi was awarded the Pritzker Prize
Pritzker Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture."...
 in Architecture in 1991. He is also known for coining the maxim "Less is a bore" as antidote to Mies van der Rohe's
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies was a Germany architect. He was commonly referred to and addressed by his surname, Mies, by most of his American students and others....
 famous modernist
Modernism

Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes both a set of cultural tendencies and an array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century....
 dictum "Less is more". Venturi lives in Philadelphia with Scott Brown. They have a son, James Venturi.

Education and Teaching

Venturi attended school at the Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University
Princeton University

Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
 in 1947 and received his M.F.A.
Master of Fine Arts

In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the bachelor's degree level and usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, or theater/performing arts....
 there in 1950. In 1951 he briefly worked under Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and product designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project : simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism....
 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Bloomfield Hills is an affluent city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan, northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 3,940....
, and later for Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn

Louis Isadore Kahn was a world-renowned architect of Estonian origin based in Philadelphia, United States. After working in various capacities for several companies in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935....
 in Philadelphia. He was awarded the Rome Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome
American Academy in Rome

The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo in Rome. It was created in 1913 out of a merger between the American School of Architecture and the American School of Classical Studies in Rome ....
 in 1954, where he studied and toured Europe for two years.

From 1954 to 1965, Venturi held teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....
, where he served as Kahn's teaching assistant, an instructor, and later, as associate professor. It was there, in 1960, that he met fellow faculty member, architect and planner Denise Scott Brown
Denise Scott Brown

Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
. Venturi taught later at the Yale School of Architecture
Yale School of Architecture

The Yale School of Architecture is one of the constituent professional schools of Yale University. It is generally considered one of the most prestigious architecture schools in the world....
 and was a visiting lecturer with Scott Brown in 2003 at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
's Graduate School of Design.

Writings

A controversial critic of the purely functional
Functionalism

Functionalism may refer to:* Functionalism * Functionalism * Functionalism versus intentionalism * Functionalism In social sciences:...
 and spare designs of modern orthodox architecture, Venturi has been considered a counterrevolutionary
Counterrevolutionary

A counter-revolutionary is anyone who opposes a revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it, in full or in part....
. He published his "gentle manifesto," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture in 1966, described in the introduction by Vincent Scully
Vincent Scully

Vincent Joseph Scully, Jr. is Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art in Architecture at Yale University, and the author of several books on the subject....
 to be "probably the most important writing on the making of architecture since Le Corbusier's 'Vers Une Architecture', of 1923." Venturi received a grant from the Graham Foundation in 1965 to aid in its completion. The book has been translated and published in 18 languages.

In 1972, with Denise Scott Brown
Denise Scott Brown

Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
 and Steven Izenour, Venturi wrote Learning from Las Vegas later revised in 1977 as Learning from Las Vegas: the Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form. The book published studies of the Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 4 mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A small portion of The Strip lies in Las Vegas, Nevada, but most of it is in the unincorporated area areas of Paradise, Nevada and Winchester, Nevada....
 undertaken by a 1968 research and design studio Venturi taught with Scott Brown at the Yale School of Architecture
Yale School of Architecture

The Yale School of Architecture is one of the constituent professional schools of Yale University. It is generally considered one of the most prestigious architecture schools in the world....
. Learning from Las Vegas was a further rebuke to orthodox modernism and elite architectural tastes. The book coined the terms "Duck" and "Decorated Shed" as applied to opposing architectural building styles.

Architectural Practice

in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 was designed by Venturi in 1980]] Venturi created the firm Venturi and Short with William Short in 1960. John Rauch replaced Short as partner in 1964, changing the name to Venturi and Rauch. Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Denise Scott Brown

Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
 were married on July 23, 1967 in Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles ? Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on the north, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California on the northeast...
, and Scott Brown joined the firm as partner in charge of planning in 1969. The firm became known as Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown in 1980, and, finally, after Rauch's resignation in 1989, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. The firm, based in Philadelphia, was awarded the Architecture Firm Award by the American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Architects

The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image....
 in 1985. Recent work has included many commissions from academic institutions, including campus planning and university buildings, and civic buildings in London, Toulouse and Japan. Venturi is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome
American Academy in Rome

The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo in Rome. It was created in 1913 out of a merger between the American School of Architecture and the American School of Classical Studies in Rome ....
, the American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Architects

The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image....
 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institute of British Architects

The Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom.Originally named the Institute of British Architects in London, it was formed in 1834 by several prominent architects, including Philip Hardwick, Thomas Allom, William Donthorne, Thomas Leverton Donaldson and John Buonarotti Papwor...
.

Selected works

  • Episcopal Academy Chapel; Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
     (2008)
  • Dumbarton Oaks
    Dumbarton Oaks

    Dumbarton Oaks is a 19th century Federal architecture mansion with famous gardens in the Georgetown, Washington, D.C. List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward of Washington, D.C....
     Library, Harvard University
    Harvard University

    Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
    ; Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
     (2005)
  • Undergraduate Science Building, Life Sciences Institute and Palmer Commons complex, University of Michigan
    University of Michigan

    The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
    ; Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
     (2005)
  • Biomedical Biological Science Research Building (BBSRB), University of Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky (2005)
  • Baker/Berry Library, Dartmouth College
    Dartmouth College

    Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
    ; Hanover, New Hampshire
    New Hampshire

    New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire....
     (2002)
  • Frist Campus Center
    Frist Campus Center

    Frist Campus Center is a focal point of social life at Princeton University. It is a combination of the former Palmer Physics Lab, and a modern addition completed in 2001....
    , Princeton University
    Princeton University

    Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
    ; New Jersey
    New Jersey

    New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
     (2000)
  • Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College
    Dartmouth College

    Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
    ; Hanover, New Hampshire
    New Hampshire

    New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire....
     (2000)
  • Perelman Quadrangle, University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania

    The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....
    ; Philadelphia (2000)
  • Provincial Capitol Building; Toulouse, France (1999)
  • Gonda (Goldschmied) Neurosciences and Genetics Research Center, UCLA; Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
     (1998)
  • Mielparque
    Mielparque

    Mielparque is a Japanese hotel chain.Mielparque operates hotels throughout Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu....
     Nikko Kirifuri Resort; Nikko National Park
    Nikko National Park

    is a national park in the Kanto region, on the main island of Honshu in Japan. The park spreads over four prefectures: Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, and Niigata Prefecture....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
     (1997)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; San Diego, California
    San Diego, California

    San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
     (1996)
  • Charles P. Stevenson, Jr. Library, Bard College
    Bard College

    Bard College, founded in 1860, is a small, highly selective four-year Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, New York....
    ; Annondale-on-Hudson, New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
     (1994)
  • Children's Museum; Houston, Texas
    Houston, Texas

    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
     (1992)
  • Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Medical Research Laboratories, UCLA; Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
     (1991)
  • Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London
    National Gallery, London

    The National Gallery in London, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square....
    ; United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     (1991)
  • Seattle Art Museum
    Seattle Art Museum

    The Seattle Art Museum is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, Washington, USA. It maintains three major facilities: its main museum in Downtown, Seattle, Washington; the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington, and the Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle waterfront, which opened on Janua...
    ; Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington

    Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
     (1991)
  • Restoration of the Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania

    The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....
    ; Philadelphia (1991)
  • House in East Hampton, Long Island, New York (1990)
  • Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Princeton University
    Princeton University

    Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
    , New Jersey
    New Jersey

    New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
     (1986)
  • Gordon Wu Hall; Princeton University
    Princeton University

    Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
    , New Jersey
    New Jersey

    New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
     (1983)
  • House in New Castle, Delaware
    New Castle, Delaware

    New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware, six miles south of Wilmington, Delaware, situated on the Delaware River, at the head of Delaware Bay....
     (1983)
  • Coxe-Hayden House and Studio; Block Island, Rhode Island
    Rhode Island

    Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
     (1981)
  • Best Products Catalog Showroom; Langhorne, Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
     (1978)
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum modern addition, Oberlin College
    Oberlin College

    Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1833 by Presbyterian ministers, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top-ranked Liberal arts colleges in the United States with a top-ranked conservatory....
    ; Oberlin, Ohio
    Oberlin, Ohio

    Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland, Ohio. Oberlin is perhaps best known for being the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music College or university school of music with approximately 3,000 students....
     (1976)
  • BASCO Showroom; Philadelphia (1976)
  • Franklin Court; Philadelphia (1976)
  • Dixwell Fire Station, New Haven, CT (1974)
  • Brant House; Greenwich, Connecticut
    Greenwich, Connecticut

    Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the town had a total population of 61,101....
     (1972)
  • Trubek and Wislocki Houses; Nantucket, Massachusetts
    Nantucket, Massachusetts

    Nantucket is an island 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck Island and Muskeget, it constitutes the New England town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the coterminous Nantucket County, which are consolidated....
     (1971)
  • Fire Station #4; Columbus, Indiana
    Columbus, Indiana

    Columbus is the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 39,059 at the 2000 census. The current mayor is Fred Armstrong....
     (1968)
  • Vanna Venturi House; Philadelphia (1964)
  • Guild House; Philadelphia (1964)
  • Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
    New York University

    New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
    , interior renovation (The James B. Duke House); New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
     (1958)


The Vanna Venturi House in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood, designed for Venturi's mother, was recognized as a "Masterwork of Modern American Architecture" by the United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
 in May 2005.

Awards


  • Design Mind Award, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards; 2007 (with Denise Scott Brown
    Denise Scott Brown

    Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
    )


  • Vincent J. Scully Prize, National Building Museum
    National Building Museum

    The National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., in the United States, is a museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning"....
    ; 2002 (with Denise Scott Brown
    Denise Scott Brown

    Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
    )


  • Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, Republique Française, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication; 2000


  • National Medal of Arts
    National Medal of Arts

    The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the Congress of the United States in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts....
    , United States Presidential Award; 1992 (with Denise Scott Brown
    Denise Scott Brown

    Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
    )


  • The Pritzker Architecture Prize; 1991


  • Elected to the National Academy of Arts and Letters; 1990


  • AIA Twenty-Five Year Award, to the Vanna Venturi House; 1989


  • Commendatore of the Order of Merit, Republic of Italy; 1986


  • AIA Architecture Firm Award, to Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown; 1985


  • AIA Medal for Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture; 1978


  • Fellow
    FAIA

    Fellow of the American Institute of Architects is an postnomial, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects....
     in the American Institute of Architects
    American Institute of Architects

    The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image....
    , 1978


  • Rome Prize
    Rome Prize

    The Rome Prize is a prestigious United States award made annually, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists and to 15 scholars ....
     Fellow, American Academy in Rome; 1956


Bibliography

  • Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, The Museum of Modern Art Press, New York 1966.
  • Learning from Las Vegas (with Denise Scott Brown
    Denise Scott Brown

    Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
     and Steven Izenour), MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 1972, revised 1977.
  • Iconography and Electronics upon a Generic Architecture : A View from the Drafting Room, MIT Press, 1998.
  • Architecture as Signs and Systems (with Denise Scott Brown
    Denise Scott Brown

    Denise Scott Brown, is an architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoreti...
    ), Harvard University Press, 2004.


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