Complexity Contradiction Architecture (118 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 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 nonstraightforward 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 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 nonstraightforward 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.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 136 pages, illustrated. Ink underlining on several pages, light exterior fading on edges. Book.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Complete and clean. All pages present and readable, binding intact. Highlighting or writing is absent or limited to a handful of pages. No water damage. Cover and spine may show light shelf wear, edge bumping, or minor creasing. May have a remainder mark, stickers or sticker residue, or a previous owner's name. Access codes, CDs, DVDs, and other bundled supplements may not be included and should be assumed used or missing unless the listing explicitly states otherwise.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: sewn oblong PAPERBACK, cover price $14.95, avery good, light wear to edges, corners lightly bumped, covers darkened by sunlight in places. VENTURI, ROBERT. Complexity and contradiction in architecture. With an introduction by Vincent Scully. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002, Second edition, reprinted, 136pp., . The Museum of Modern Art papers on architecture. - CONTENTS: Nonstraightforward architecture: a gentle manifesto -- Complexity and contradiction vs. simplification or picturesqueness -- Ambiguity -- Contradictory levels: the phenomenon of "Both-And" in architecture -- Contradictory levels continued: the double-functioning element -- Accommodation and the limitations of order: the conventional element -- Contradiction adapted -- Contradiction juxtaposed -- The inside and the outside -- The obligation toward the difficult whole. 9780870702822 ISBN 0870702823.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 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 nonstraightforward 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 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 nonstraightforward 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 136 pp., Photos, White Photo Illus Paperback, Oblong 4to, VG, 2nd ed.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Paperback. Condition: Very good +. Second edition. Introduction by Vincent Scully. Oblong 4to. 136 pages, with 350 b/w illustrations. Front Free End Paper [blank] is clipped (vertically) in half. No names or marks. A crisp copy, with sharp corners, of the 1985 printing of the second edition, first published in 1977. A title in the Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture series.…

Condition: acceptable.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Our copy the 1985 reprint of the Second Edition. Oblong.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Good. 2nd. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. 132 pages, illustrations; 23 x 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. *** The pioneering document on post-modern architecture. *** CONTENTS: Nonstraightforward architecture: a gentle manifesto; Complexity and contradiction vs. simplification or picturesqueness; Ambiguity; Contradictory levels: the phenomenon of "Both-And" in architecture; Contradictory levels continued: the double-functioning element; Accommodation and the limitations of order: the conventional element; Contradiction adapted; Contradiction juxtaposed; The inside and the outside; The obligation toward the difficult whole. Size: Oblong.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Nice, clean copy. Some wear to cover and edges. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 136 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. A nice, clean copy. ; B&W Photographs; 4to.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: sewn oblong PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine, glossy paper, light uneven wear at bottom of spine from removal of old price label. VENTURI, ROBERT. Complexity and contradiction in architecture. With an introduction by Vincent Scully. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2011, Second edition, reprinted, 136pp., . The Museum of Modern Art papers on architecture. - CONTENTS: Nonstraightforward architecture: a gentle manifesto -- Complexity and contradiction vs. simplification or picturesqueness -- Ambiguity -- Contradictory levels: the phenomenon of "Both-And" in architecture -- Contradictory levels continued: the double-functioning element -- Accommodation and the limitations of order: the conventional element -- Contradiction adapted -- Contradiction juxtaposed -- The inside and the outside -- The obligation toward the difficult whole. ISBN 9780870702822.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. ***please read*** no marks on text - cover has some light wear - name insidemy shelf location - cover bn9-top*.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2nd. reprinted 2002. With 350 black-and-white illustrations. 136pp 1.29lb 8.5x10.9x0.4in.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. 136 pages, 350 b/w illustrations, a new enlarged format, introduction by Vincent Scully.; 11 x 8 1/2 ".