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An architecture of complexity and contradiction, how- ever, does not mean picturesqueness or subjective expres-sionism. A false complexity has recently countered the false simplicity of an earlier Modern architecture.
Dec 22, 2016 · Not many architecture books have defined a specific historical moment in the way Robert Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture has; a book that, published 50 years ago and in print to the present day, fundamentally changed how we look at, think and talk about architecture.
Jan 1, 1977 · 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.
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- Robert Venturi, Vincent Joseph Scully
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- Museum of Modern Art
Sep 30, 2009 · Complexity and contradiction in architecture. With a introd. by Vincent Scully by Venturi, Robert; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Dec 4, 2012 · In contrast to what Venturi called “orthodox Modernism,” which wanted to create each project ex novo, Complexity and Contradiction took the entire corpus of architectural production, past and present—“precedent, thoughtfully considered”—as the field within which buildings are made.
- Deborah Fausch
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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. Robert Venturi, Arthur Drexler (Foreword), Vincent Scully (Introduction) 4.09. 1,829 ratings46 reviews. First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document in architectural literature.
Venturi’s groundbreaking treatise “Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture,” published in 1966, challenged prevailing modernist ideals. He advocated for architecture that embraced complexity, diversity, and inclusivity rather than conforming to strict modernist dogmas.
