venturi robert 1925 2018 (2 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. DETAILS: sewn oblong PAPERBACK, cover price $14.95, avery good, light wear to edges, corners lightly bumped, covers darkened by sunlight in places. VENTURI, ROBERT. Complexity and contradiction in architecture. With an introduction by Vincent Scully. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002, Second edition, reprinted, 136pp., . The Museum of Modern Art papers on architecture. - CONTENTS: Nonstraightforward architecture: a gentle manifesto -- Complexity and contradiction vs. simplification or picturesqueness -- Ambiguity -- Contradictory levels: the phenomenon of "Both-And" in architecture -- Contradictory levels continued: the double-functioning element -- Accommodation and the limitations of order: the conventional element -- Contradiction adapted -- Contradiction juxtaposed -- The inside and the outside -- The obligation toward the difficult whole. 9780870702822 ISBN 0870702823.

very good dust-jacket, spine a bit faded by light, crisp attractive copy, very good large black cloth. VENTURI, ROBERT, (subject). . Out of the ordinary: Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Associates : architecture, urbanism, design. David B. Brownlee, David G. DeLong, and Kathryn B. Hiesinger. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2001, x, 277pp., . The extraordinary architectural achievements of Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and their associates have left an indelible mark on the history of architecture. This engaging book provides a critical retrospective of their architecture, urbanism, and design, ranging from the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London to the revitalization of Washington Avenue in Miami to the group of historically inspired chairs for Knoll. Filled with handsome color plates, many illustrating a variety of energetic drawings, the book shows the diversity of the firm's creative output and the singularity of the architects' vision. This book accompanies an exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and includes two critical essays on the firm's architecture and planning projects, a historical reconstruction and analysis of the decorative arts commissions, an illustrated checklist of projects and buildings, and a chronology of significant events in the lives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown and the evolution of their firm. - CONTENTS: Form and content / David B. Brownlee -- Seeking a rational mannerism / David G. De Long -- Decorative art and interiors / Kathryn B. Hiesinger. / checklist of projects and buildings by William Whitaker ; chronology by Diane L. Minnite. 9780300089950 ISBN 0300089953.