Description: Learning from Las Vegas created a healthy controversy on its appearancein 1972, calling for architects to be more receptive to the tastes and values of"common" people and less immodest in their erections of "heroic," self-aggrandizingmonuments.This revision includes the full texts of Part I of the original, on theLas Vegas strip, and Part II, "Ugly and Ordinary Architecture, or the DecoratedShed," a generalization from the findings of the first part on symbolism inarchitecture and the iconography of urban sprawl. (The final part of the firstedition, on the architectural work of the firm Venturi and Rauch, is not included inthe revision.) The new paperback edition has a smaller format, fewer pictures, and aconsiderably lower price than the original. There are an added preface by ScottBrown and a bibliography of writings by the members of Venturi and Rauch and aboutthe firm's work. Robert Venturi is an award-winning architect and an influential writer, teacher, artist, and designer. His work includes includes the Sainsbury Wing of London's National Galler; renovation of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; dozens of major academic projects; and the groundbreaking Vanna Venturi House. Denise Scott Brown is an architect, writer, and planner. She and Robert Venturi are founding principals of the influential architectural firm Venturi, Scott Brown, and Associates (VSBA), whose work and ideas have influenced generations of architects and planners. Steven Izenour (1940-2001) was coauthor of Learning from Las Vegas (MIT Press, 1977) and a principal in the Philadelphia firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc (VSBA). His most noted projects at VSBA include Philadelphia's Basco showroom, the George D. Widener Memorial Treehouse at the Philadelphia Zoo, the Camden Children's Garden, and the house he designed for his parents in Stony Creek, Connecticut.
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EAN: 9780262720069
UPC: 9780262720069
ISBN: 9780262720069
MPN: N/A
Edition: 2
Book Title: Learning from Las Vegas, Revised Edition : the Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Topic: Urban & Land Use Planning, Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, History / Contemporary (1945-), Regional
Publication Year: 1977
Item Height: 0.6 in
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Architecture
Item Weight: 12.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour, Denise Scott Brown
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
