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Used-Very Good. '. the most thought-provoking architecture book of the year. '--Martin Filler, 'The New York Times Book Review' Robert Venturi's 'Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture' and 'Learning from Las Vegas' (the latter coauthored with Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour) are among the most influential books by any architect of our era--the one celebrating complexity in architecture, the other the uses of symbolism in commercial and vernacular architecture and signage. This new collection of writings in a variety of genres argues for a generic architecture defined by iconography and electronics, an architecture whose elemental qualities become shelter and symbol. This new collection by influential architect/writer Robert Venturi argues for a generic architecture defined by iconography and electronics, an architecture whose elemental qualities become shelter and symbol. Essays include Venturi's 1950 M.F.A. thesis, a work that foreshadows many of the themes that were later to make him a controversial and ground-breaking architect and writer. 92 illustrations. Used copy with little wear.
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Good. 1996. Inscribed by Venturi on the half-title page. Some spine creases, but the binding remains tight and sound. Text and images unmarked. The wrapper shows some general handling. 8vo. 374pp.
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VG-(Inscription on title page and a few markings in table of contents; Spine slightly bent, but binding tight) Color illus. wraps; 374 pp.; 91 bw figures. A collection of essays by Venturi, including his 1950 MFA thesis.
