Complexity Contradiction Architecture by Robert Venturi (99 results)

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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.…

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

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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.…

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

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked text. Cover design by Robert Venturi. In red on cover: "The Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architure Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in association with the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago. Second edition, fourth printing. Introduction by Vincent Scully. Measurs 8.5x11 inches. 136p. 350 black-and-white illustrations. First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. First title in the Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture series. Winner of the Classic Book Award at the AIA's Seventh Annual International Architecture Book Awards.…

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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.…

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

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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 ".