Robert Venturi: Complexity And Contradiction In Architecture

by Robert Venturi, Vincent Scully (Contribution by), Arthur Drexler (Text by)

Overview

First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture. Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture was the winner of the Classic Book Award at the AIA's Seventh Annual International Architecture Book Awards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780870702822
Publisher:	Museum Of Modern Art Ny
Publication date:	07/02/2002
Series:	Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture Series
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	136
Sales rank:	1,114,952
Product dimensions:	10.90(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

Editorial Reviews

Socially conservative at a time of great social upheaval, while reminding readers that our current situation calls for anything but complacency.

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books - John Hill