Complexity and contradiction in architecture / Robert Venturi ; with an introduction by Vincent Scully.

Main entry:

Venturi, Robert.

Title & Author:

Complexity and contradiction in architecture / Robert Venturi ; with an introduction by Vincent Scully.

Publication:

Description:

135, [8] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Series:

Museum of Modern Art papers on architecture ; 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-135).

Summary:

Venturi presents his views on architecture as the conscious manipulation of the complexities, contridictions, and ambiguities of urban life in a technologically changing society.

Subject:

Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Architektur
Ästhetik
Architecture.
Architectural Form.
Postmodern Architecture (object genre)
Modern Movement.
American Architects.
Architectural theory.

Form/genre:

Dust jackets (Binding) NNC.

Added entries:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), publisher.
Museum of Modern Art papers on architecture ; 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 3845
Call No.: W5581
Status: Available

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