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.

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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 ⓘ
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Yale University ⓘ
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genre architectural theory ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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notableWork Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture ⓘ
Guild House, Philadelphia ⓘ
Learning from Las Vegas ⓘ
National Gallery ⓘ
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positionHeld professor of architecture ⓘ
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spouse Denise Scott Brown ⓘ

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Seattle Art Museum → architect → Robert Venturi ⓘ
Franklin Court → architect → Robert Venturi ⓘ
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AIA Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Robert Venturi ⓘ
Denise Scott Brown → spouse → Robert Venturi ⓘ
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Yale School of Architecture → hasNotableFaculty → Robert Venturi ⓘ
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture → author → Robert Venturi ⓘ
Learning from Las Vegas → author → Robert Venturi ⓘ
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Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities → notableRecipient → Robert Venturi ⓘ
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RIBA Gold Medal → hasNotableRecipient → Robert Venturi ⓘ
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Guild House, Philadelphia → architect → Robert Venturi ⓘ
Gold Medal for Architecture → notableRecipient → Robert Venturi ⓘ
Architecture as Signs and Systems → hasAuthor → Robert Venturi ⓘ
Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies → hasMember → Robert Venturi ⓘ