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More copies of this ISBN:Learning from Las Vegas - Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Formby Robert Venturi
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Learning from Las Vegas created a healthy controversy on its appearance in 1972, calling for architects to be more receptive to the tastes and values of andquot;commonandquot; people and less immodest in their erections of andquot;heroic,andquot; self-aggrandizing monuments. This revision includes the full texts of Part I of the original, on the Las Vegas strip, and Part II, andquot;Ugly and Ordinary Architecture, or the Decorated Shed,andquot; a generalization from the findings of the first part on symbolism in architecture and the iconography of urban sprawl. (The final part of the first edition, on the architectural work of the firm Venturi and Rauch, is not included in the revision.) The new paperback edition has a smaller format, fewer pictures, and a considerably lower price than the original. There are an added preface by Scott Brown and a bibliography of writings by the members of Venturi and Rauch and about the firm's work. Review:andquot;...a brilliant document of the times...a work which uses history knowledgeably, skillfully, and creatively: a rarity.andquot; andmdash; Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Review:andquot;...a brilliant document of the times...a work which uses history knowledgeably, skillfully, and creatively: a rarity.andquot; -- Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Review:andquot;...these studies are brilliant...the kind of art history and theory that is rarely produced.andquot; andmdash; The New York Times, Ada Louis Huxtable Review:andquot;...professionally informed, competitively astute, and perversely brilliant...andquot; -- The Yale Review Synopsis:Learning From Las Vegas created a healthy controversy on its appearance in 1972, calling for architects to be more receptive to the tastes and values of 'common' people and less immodest in their erections of 'heroic, ' self-aggrandizing monuments. This revision includes the full texts of Part I of the original, on the Las Vegas Strip, and Part II, ' Ugly and Ordinary Architecture, or the Decorated Shed, ' a generalization from the finding of the first part on symbolism in architecture and the iconography of urban sprawl.
About the AuthorSteven Izenour (1940-2001) was coauthor of Learning from Las Vegas (MIT Press, 1977) and a principal in the Philadelphia firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc (VSBA). His most noted projects at VSBA include Philadelphia's Basco showroom, the George D. Widener Memorial Treehouse at the Philadelphia Zoo, the Camden Children's Garden, and the house he designed for his parents in Stony Creek, Connecticut. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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