Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture by Robert Venturi
With an introduction by Vincent Scully
oblong 4to. pp. 136. profusely illustrated in b/w. paperback (near fine condition). New York: The Museum of Modern Art in association with the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, [1979].
Reprint.
The Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture.
ISBN-10: 0870702823 / ISBN-13: 9780870702822
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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 non-straight forward 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.