* June 25, 1925 Philadelphia
Robert (Charles) Venturi
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American architect and author, active in Philadelphia.
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projects
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Fire station
1996
Orlando, United States of America
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Celebration - Disney World town
1995
Kissimmee, United States of America
- Bank of Celebration
1995
Kissimmee, United States of America
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Gas station
1995
Orlando, United States of America
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EXPO 1992 Pavilion
1992 [project]
Seville, Spain
- Sainsbury Wing - National Gallery Extension
1982, 1988-91
London, Great Britain
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Seattle Art Museum
1990
Seattle, United States of America
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The Big Apple - Times Square Plaza Design
1984 [project]
New York City, United States of America
- Lewis Thomas Molecular Biological Laboratories, Princeton University
1983
Princeton, United States of America
- Gordon Wu Hall, Butler College, Princeton University
1980-83
Princeton, United States of America
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Philadelphia Orchestra Hall
1980 [project]
Philadelphia, United States of America
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Coxe-Hayden House and Studio
1980
Block Island, United States of America
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Brant-Johnson Holiday House
1980
Vail, United States of America
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Crafts Museum
1980 [project]
Frankfort (Main), Germany
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Institute for Scientific Information ISI
1978
Philadelphia, United States of America
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Showroom Basco
1978
Philadelphia, United States of America
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Showroom BEST Prod. Inc.
1977
Philadelphia, United States of America
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Allen Memorial Art Museum Extension
1973-76
Oberlin, United States of America
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House in Tuckers Town
1975
Tucker Town, Bermudas
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Tucker III House
1974-75
- Dixwell Fire Station
1970-73
New Haven, United States of America
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Brant House
1970-73
Greenwich, United States of America
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Geisteswissenschaftliche Fakultät der State University of New York
1968-73
Purchase, United States of America
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Franklin Court
1972
Philadelphia, United States of America
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Holiday House (Trubek House and Wislocki House)
1972
Nantucket Island, United States of America
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Arztpraxis Varga-Brigio
1965-68
Bridgeton, United States of America
- Fire Station No. 4
1965-68
Columbus, United States of America
- »Mother's House« - House for Vanna Venturi
1962-64
Philadelphia, United States of America
- Guild House
1960-63
Philadelphia, United States of America
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Museum of Contemporary Art
San Diego, United States of America
image list
membership
| period | name | type |
|---|---|---|
| Bund Deutscher Architekten |
awards
| year | description | section | level |
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| 1991 | Pritzker Price |
address
- United States of America
- Staat
- Pennsylvania
- state
- Philadelphia
- city
- 4236 Main Street
- street
- +1 215 4870400
- phone
- +1 215 4872520
- fax
publications
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Lernen von Las Vegas
Zur Ikonographie und Architektursymbolik der Geschäftsstadt
R. Venturi, S. Izenour, D. S. Brown
Vieweg-Verlag; 1994
- Komplexität und Widerspruch in der Architektur
R. Venturi
Vieweg-Verlag; 1999
- Lernen von Las Vegas
R. Venturi, S. Izenour, D. S. Brown
Vieweg-Verlag; 1997
- Komplexität und Widerspruch in der Architektur
R. Venturi
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1993
- Lernen von Las Vegas
R. Venturi, D. Scott Brown, U. Conrads, S. Izenour, P. Neitzke, D. S. Brown
Birkhäuser Verlag; 2001
- William L. Price
Arts and Crafts to Modern Design
R. Venturi, G. E. Thomas
Princeton Architectural Press; 199X
- Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
R. Venturi, V. Scully Jr.
Museum of Modern Art, New York; 1990
- Vincent, Jr. Scully (Illustrator)
- Robert Venturi
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
R. Venturi
Museum of Modern Art, New York; 2002
- Iconography and Electronics upon a Generic Architecture
A View from the Drafting Room
R. Venturi
MIT Press; 1998
- Learning from Las Vegas
The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
R. Venturi, D. Scott Brown, S. Izenour
MIT Press; 1977
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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
R. Venturi
Museum of Modern Art, New York; 1977
- Out of the Ordinary
Architecture/Urbanism/Design
R. Venturi, D. Scott Brown, D. B. Brownlee, D. G. De Long, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Heinz Architectural Center, K. B. Hiesinger, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Yale University Press; 2001
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Learning from La Jolla
Robert Venturi remakes a Museum in the Precinct of Irving Gill
R. Venturi, A. Farrell, H. M. Davies
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Francisco; 1998
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Ornament, Scale and Ambiguity
R. Venturi, D. Scott Brown
audio casette
World Microfilms; 1985
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Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: interview with Robert Maxwell
in: Architectural Design, 7-8/1992
R. Venturi, D. Scott Brown, R. Maxwell
page 8–15
- interview
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Robert Venturi: learning from Trafalgar Square?
in: Art & design, 2/1986
R. Venturi
page 6–7
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Architecture: its art
in: Lotus International: Dopo la capanna decorata | After the Decorated Shed, 1992,73
R. Venturi
page 112–113
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From invention to convention in architecture
in: Royal Society of Arts, London. RSA Journal, 1988,5378
R. Venturi
page 89–103
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Learning the right lessons from the Beaux-Arts
in: Architectural Design, 1/1979
R. Venturi
page 23–31
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The Met grill: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown bite back
in: Metropolitan home, 4/1991
R. Venturi, D. Scott Brown
page 120–120,123-124
- interview
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Diversity, relevance and representation in historicism
in: Architectural Record, 8/1982
R. Venturi
page 114–119
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Eero Saarinen
in: A+U: extra edition, 4/1984
K. Tange, R. Venturi, C. Pelli, G. Birkerts, S. Okada, P. A. Kennon, K. Kikutake, K. Roche, K. Hayakawa, N. Hozumi, S. Kimura, A. Lumsden, H. Misawa, K. Misu, M. Miyawaki, E. Musha, T. Nakamura, M. Shiina, S. Takahashi, M. Takeyama, S. Tokuoka, H. Yamada, T. Yamashita
page 1–240
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Robert Venturi and Peter Eisenman
in: Skyline, 1982
R. Venturi, P. Eisenman
page 12–15
- interview
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Alvar Aalto
in: Arkkitehti, 7-8/1976
A. Smithson, O. M. Ungers, R. Venturi, A. Ervi, A. Roth, R. Pietilä, J. A. Coderch de Sentmenat, P. Smithson, M. Lods, I. S. Nikolaïev, R. Rainer, C. Norberg-Schulz, K. Fleig, A. Blomstedt, H. Weese, J. Joedicke, J.-J. Baruël, H. G. Ekelund, O. Hansen, K. Lund, K. Mackawa, K. Mikkola, C. Nyrén, H. Ahlberg, G. Schildt
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»Issues in Architecture«
in: A+U, 2/1984,161
R. Venturi
page 11–18
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Atlantic City: what happens when gambling is used as a tool for urban renewal
in: Architecture: the AIA journal, 13/1982
R. Venturi, T. S. Hines, S. Izenour
page 33–47
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Le pluralisme, la pertinence et le figuratif dans l'historicisme ou, plus ça change
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1982,223
R. Venturi
page 94–103
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»Issues in Architecture« 2
in: A+U, 3/1984,162
R. Venturi
page 19–24
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Alcuni appunti sulla progettazione delle universitá americane | Some words concerning designing for architecture on American campuses
in: Zodiac, 1992,7
R. Venturi
page 72–77
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Brant house, Tuckers Town, Bermuda, 1976-80; architects: Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown
in: Architectural Design, 1-2/1982
R. Venturi
page 68–71
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House in Delaware: vernacular layering, a thematic analysis, architects: Venturi & Rauch
in: International architect, 1982,9
R. Venturi, R. Pain
page 7–18
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Ampliacion de la national gallery, Londres
in: Arquitectura: revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, 1988,271-272
R. Venturi
page 150–151
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article in: Lotus International: Architettura della critica | Architecture of Criticism, 1992,72
R. Venturi
page 70–89
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Alt er ved det gamte
in: Arkitekten, 10/1988
R. Venturi
page 234–240
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De la invencion a la convencion en arquitectura | From invention to convention in architecture
in: Composición arquitectonica, art & architecture, 1989,4
R. Venturi
page 25–40
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Learning from Philadelphia, Venturi, Scott Brown, biblioteca restaurata
in: abitare, 1992,312
R. Venturi
page 146–152,204
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Edited transcripts of advanced theory/history seminar course held at Yale University
in: Yale seminars in architecture, 1981
M. Graves, R. Venturi, R. A. M. Stern, S. Tigerman, C. Jencks, K. Frampton, R. S. Weinstein
page 1–266,VI
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National Gallery - Sainsbury Wing: Robert Venturi, David Vaughan & Charles Jencks, an interview
in: Architectural Design, 5-6/1991
R. Venturi, C. Jencks, D. Vaughan
page 48–57
- interview
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From invention to convention: conference: extension to the National Gallery in London
in: Lotus International: Architettura della critica | Architecture of Criticism, 1992,72
R. Venturi
page 70–89
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Re-evaluation, Esther McCoy and the Second Generation
in: Progressive Architecture, 2/1990
R. Venturi, D. Scott Brown
page 118–119
reference
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Venturi, Scott Brown und Partner
C. Vaccaro, F. Schwartz
Artemis - Verlag für Architektur; 1992
- Robert Venturi
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
R. Venturi
Museum of Modern Art, New York; 2002
- Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
R. Venturi, V. Scully Jr.
Museum of Modern Art, New York; 1990
- Vincent, Jr. Scully (Illustrator)
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Venturi and Scott Brown
On Houses and Housing
Academy Editions
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Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Associates
C. Vaccaro, F. Schwartz
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1992
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Out of the Ordinary
Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Associates Architecture, Urbanism, Design
D. B. Brownlee, K. B. Hiesinger, D. G. Delong
Philadelphia Museum of Art; 2001
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The Architecture of Robert Venturi
C. C. Mead
University of New Mexico Press; 1989
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Conversations With Architects
Philip Johnson, Kevin Roche, Paul Rudolph, Bertrand Goldberg, Morris Lapidus, Louis Kahn, Charles Moore, Robert Venturi
Holt Rinehart & Winston; 1975
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Entre imagination sociale et architecture
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1991,273
P. Barrière, S. Lavin
page 92–104
- interview
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After the climax of a major era - Venturi-ism?
in: Crit, 1978
A. Indelman
page 11–14
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Robert Venturi wins 1991 Pritzker Prize
in: Architectural Record, 5/1991
page 19
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The Robert Venturi collection
in: Art & design, 1986
M. Collins
page 28–35
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Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: more is more
in: Art News, 4/1992
D. Ketcham
page 90–95
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The shape of ourselves: Robert Venturi's chairs
in: Ad - Architectural Digest, 4/1987
V. Scully Jr.
page 62–62,68,73
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Venturi and the classic modern tradition
in: Skyline, 8/1980
A. MacNair
page 4–5
- interview
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Venturi wins 1991 Pritzker Prize
in: The Architects' Journal, 16/1991
page 13
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Venturisme, un bilan: un rêve américain
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1991,273
F. Chaslin
page 86–91
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Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
in: Harvard architecture review, 1980
page 228–239
- interview
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Robert Venturi awarded Pritzker Prize
in: Architecture: the AIA journal, 5/1991
page 21
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First past the post
in: Building Design, 1991,1061
T. Ostler
page 12–14
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Der Dunst der Dinge: was man eigentlich lernt in Las Vegas: Kritik der Theorie von Robert Venturi
in: Archithese, 3/1988
H. Jennes
page 30–32
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Learning from Venturi
in: Art in America, 4/1980
M. Filler
page 95–101
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HB architecture today: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
in: House beautiful, 5/1986
B. Diamonstein
page 172
- interview
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Robert Venturi virtuoso of the intelligent house
in: RIBA Journal, 3/1986
D. H. Eddy
page 24–25
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Guest speaker: Robert Venturi
in: House beautiful, 1/1984
E. H. Hunter
page 33–33,108
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Robert Venturi
in: Architectural Design, 3-4/1985
page 76–77
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Conversation with Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
in: House beautiful, 9/1991
C. Pittel
page 100–101,150,156,162-163
- interview
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Semantische Potentiale in der Architektur, oder: mit wem spricht die Postmoderne?
in: Arcus, 5/1983
U. Schwarz
page 219–225
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La contraddizione decorata | The decorated gap
in: Ottagono, 1990,94
M. Wigley
page 36–55
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Relearning from Las Vegas
in: Architecture: the AIA journal, 10/1990
D. A. Dashiell, S. Izenour
page 46–51
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Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Stephen Izenour: Vegas redux
in: Pratt journal of architecture, 1988
page 35–37
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L'harmonie dans le paradoxe, un entretien avec Robert Venturi et Denise Scott Brown
in: Architecture intérieure créé, 1991,246
P. Barrière
page 104–105
- interview
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The trouble with Robert Venturi
in: The Architects' Journal, 26/1987
R. Cowan
page 17
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Venturi och Rossi
in: Arkitektur, 7/1992
C. Caldenby
page 3–9,69
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Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown speak out on issues of urban contextualism, postmodernism and »willful disharmony«
in: Ad - Architectural Digest, 2/1990
K. Andersen
page 68–82
- interview
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On Venturi 2: allegory and kitsch
in: A+U, 7/1979,106
P. L. Pinnell
page 119–122
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Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown, big and small, new and old existing together in Tokyo
in: Japan Architect (JA), 1991,3
page 4–7
- interview
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On Venturi: drawing as polemic
in: A+U, 5/1979,104
P. L. Pinnell
page 3–8
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Entrevista: Robert Venturi-Peter Eisenman
in: Summa, 1984,203
page 32–38
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Architectural drawings by Robert Venturi
in: Reflections, 1/1984
page 14–19
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Kahn and Venturi, An architecture of being-in-context
in: Artforum, 6/1978
J. Lobell
page 46–52
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Pritzker-Prisen til postmodernist
in: Arkitekten, 7/1991
page 225
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Robert Venturi wins 14th Pritzker Prize
in: Progressive Architecture, 5/1991
M. A. Branch
page 27
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Robert Venturi
in: Arkitekten, 10/1988
N.-O. Lund
page 217–220
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Jury on Venturi
in: Interiors, 2/1984
page 154–155
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The frequency of architectural acts, diversity and quantity in architecture
in: Journal of aesthetics and art criticism, 1/1987
D. Goldblatt
page 61–66
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July 1, 2005
- Cities: Grand Bazaar of Architectures
'Grand' it most certainly was, and 'bazaar' too. At the 22nd UIA World Congress architecture put itself on display in grand style with a series lectures, workshops, discussions and presentations. And almost out of the blue there was another nice Declaration.ArchiNed.nl – news
Istanbul played host to the 22nd UIA Congress from July 3 to 7. (UIA stands for Union Internationale des Architectes, a NGO that represents architects throughout the world through national architectural associations ) Under the title 'Cities: Grand B…
February 2, 2005
- More Sign Than Space, Las Vegas Revisited
'I am not and never have been a post modernist. This is a misunderstanding.” Robert Venturi and his wife Denise Scott Brown visited the Netherlands to promote their latest book ‘Architecture as Signs and Systems’. At the TU Delft they gave a lecture to a large audience and held a seminar with Ph.D. students. At the Netherlands Architecture Institute they were interviewed by Harm Tilman (editor in chief of 'de Architect’) in front of a sold out crowd and had a debate with the Dutch architects Sjoerd Soeters (Soeters Van Eldonk Ponec architecten), Liesbeth van der Pol (Atelier Zeinstra van der Pol), and Haiko Meijer (Onix).ArchiNed.nl – news
'The clues of what we created during our career and wrote about architecture and urbanism can be found in Bob's first building »Mother's House«. From contradiction and complexity to communicative architecture, and from interior public spaces to the »…
February 15, 2002
- Dutch Toytown
While the renovation of the neighbouring Rijksmuseum is held up as an example of quality development, the controversy surrounding the Stedelijk Museum is a prime illustration of how it shouldn't be done.ArchiNed.nl – news
Background Early 1990s. Four architects - Rem Koolhaas, Wim Quist, Carel Weeber and Robert Venturi - are invited to make proposals to improve the Stedelijk Museum. Robert Venturi's proposal wins. 1993. The extension project is deemed too ambitious. T…
December 2, 2000
- Lessons for Designers
What do architect Robert Venturi and photographer Stephen Shore have in common? Allard Jolles explains.ArchiNed.nl – news
Photos of different parts of the city always show the viewer something that cannot be seen 'in reality'. Firstly, that is because of the picture frame, which turns the photos into something of a window on or reflection of society. Then of course ther…
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