Complexity Contradiction Architecture by Robert Venturi Vincent Scully (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Stiff white pictorial wraps, lettered in black and red, oblong format. Minor tanning and surface rubbing, vertical crease to back cover. Former owner's signature inked inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. 2nd ed., 4th ptg. thus: 1985. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

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: Good. 2nd. Softcover. Shelf wear. Front end page excised. Light water damage.

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

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. 1st Edition. Stiff white wraps, lettered in red and black. Just a hint of shelf wear, essentially as issued. 3rd ptg.: 1974. 144 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: New.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. (1966). 8vo. First simultaneous wrappered edition. Rubbing and wear to wraps. VG in wrappers.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in gray cloth-covered boards and near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and publisher's price clip and replacement price sticker.

Hardcover. 10mo; pp 135; G/G-; ivory spine with black text; dust jacket shows slight soiling to exterior; small chips to corners; tape mends inside dj to spine edges; cloth has slight wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows light tone to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #3. 1322443. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, inaugural publication of The Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture in 1966. The signature of James Jarrett, professor of architectural theory and Yale and CUNY, on f.f.e.p., likely his own copy. NF boards. Soiling and light chipping to dj, with small open tear to spine tail. Underline in a light hand to limited pages.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Bin 4 (Long Case). Inscribed by Robert Venturi. First edition. Book has a slight musty smell. Jacket is lightly tanned and rubbed, with mild wear along edges. Binding is tight. Covers and pages are clean and unmarked.

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi who has added a drawing of his mother's house on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," 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" (The New York Times).

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Al, Friendship and respect Bob Venturi." FineÂin a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," 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" (The New York Times).

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by Robert Venturi on the title page. FineÂin a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," 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" (The New York Times).