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Robert Venturi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Charles Venturi, Robert Charles Venturi, Jr., Robert Charles Venturi Jr., Robert Venturi Jr.
American architect (1925-2018)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925
- Died
- 2018
- Works
- 33
Top works
- Learning from Las Vegas
- Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. With a Introd. By Vincent Scully
- Diversity, relevance and representation in historicism or, Plus ca change . . .
- Complessità E Contraddizioni Nell'architettura
- Saper credere in architettura
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Spain
Discography
- No puede ser peor2021
- Tranquilísimo2021
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 24
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,962x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,888x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,561x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,946x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,342x
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Quotes
- “Main Street is almost alright.”
- “I like complexity and contradiction in architecture. I do not like the incoherence or arbitrariness of incompetent architecture nor the precious intricacies of picturesqueness or expressionism.”
- “But architecture is necessarily complex and contradictory in its very inclusion of the traditional Vitruvian elements of commodity, firmness, and delight. And today the wants of program, structure, mechanical equipment, and expression, even in single buildings in simple contexts, are diverse and conflicting in ways previously unimaginable.”
- “I am for messy vitality over obvious unity.”
- “I am for richness of meaning rather than clarity of meaning; for the implicit function as well as the explicit function.”
- “Orthodox Modern architects have tended to recognize complexity insufficiently or inconsistently. In their attempt to break with tradition and start all over again, they idealized the primitive and elementary at the expense of the diverse and the sophisticated.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Charles Venturi Jr. , ( 1925-06-25 ) June 25, 1925, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- September 18, 2018 (2018-09-18) (aged 93), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Princeton University
- Occupation
- Architect
- Spouse
- Denise Scott Brown ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 )
- Children
- James Venturi
- Awards
- Pritzker Prize (1991) Vincent Scully Prize (2002) AIA Gold Medal (2016)
- Practice
- Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates Venturi and Rauch Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Robert Venturi 2008 Rome (cropped).jpg
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- Robert Venturi
- date of birth
- 1925-06-25
- name in native language
- Robert Venturi
- date of death
- 2018-09-18
- birth name
- Robert Charles Venturi
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Vanna Venturi House Robert Charles Venturi Jr. (June 25, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates.
Together with his wife and partner, Denise Scott Brown, he helped shape the way that architects, planners and students experience and think about architecture and the built environment. Their buildings, planning, theoretical writings, and teaching have also contributed to the expansion of discourse about architecture.