Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780870702822)

First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. 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. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture. Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture was the winner of the Classic Book Award at the AIA's Seventh Annual International Architecture Book Awards.

Author: Robert Venturi
ISBN-10: 0870702823
ISBN-13: 9780870702822
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2002
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.40h x 10.90w x 0.40d