Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture

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Product DescriptionA practicing architect discusses the theoretical background of modern architectureReviewSocially conservative at a time of great social upheaval, while reminding readers that our current situation calls for anything but complacency.–John Hill “A Daily Dose of Architecture Books”About the AuthorRobert Venturi is a partner in the firm of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., Philadelphia. He has taught at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania, and was a Fellow and later Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. His writing, teaching, and architectural work have had a decisive influence on the younger generation of architects throughout the world. Venturi is also the author ofIconography and Electronics Upon a Generic Architecture and, with Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour,Learning from Las Vegas.