Robert Venturi

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architect architecture theorist author human university teacher

Robert Venturi was a pioneering American architect and theorist whose postmodern designs and writings, including "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture," profoundly challenged and reshaped 20th-century architectural thought.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect → architecture theorist → author → human → university teacher →
awardReceived	AIA Gold Medal → National Medal of Arts → Pritzker Architecture Prize →
coAuthor	Denise Scott Brown → Steven Izenour →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1925-06-25 →
dateOfDeath	2018-09-18 →
educatedAt	Episcopal Academy → Princeton University →
employer	University of Pennsylvania → Yale University →
familyName	Venturi →
fieldOfWork	architectural theory → architecture →
founded	Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates →
genre	architectural theory →
givenName	Robert →
hasPartInHisWork	advocacy of complexity and contradiction in architecture → concept of "Less is a bore" → critique of modernist architecture →
influenced	contemporary architectural theory → postmodern architects →
influencedBy	Le Corbusier → Louis Kahn →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	postmodern architecture →
notableWork	Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture → Guild House, Philadelphia → Learning from Las Vegas → Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London → Vanna Venturi House →
occupation	architect → architecture theorist → author → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	professor of architecture →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Denise Scott Brown →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Franklin Court → Seattle Art Museum →	architect
Denise Scott Brown →	coAuthorWith
Postmodern architecture →	hasKeyFigure
Yale School of Architecture →	hasNotableFaculty
AIA Gold Medal →	notableRecipient
Denise Scott Brown →	spouse