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Complexity and Contradiction at fifty: Studies toward an Ongoing Debate

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Complexity and Contradiction at fifty: Studies toward an Ongoing Debate
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Martino Stierli
By (author) David Brownlee
Text by Robert Venturi
Text by Jean-Louis Cohen
Text by Lee Ann Custer
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:296
Category/GenreTheory of architecture
ISBN/Barcode 9781633450622
ClassificationsDewey:720.1
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Museum of Modern Art
Imprint Museum of Modern Art
Publication Date 27 June 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

A two-volume boxset facsimile of the first printing of Complexity and Contradiction paired with a compendium of new scholarship on and around Robert Venturi's seminal treatise. First published in 1966, this remarkable book by Robert Venturi has become an essential document in architectural literature. This two-volume boxed set presents a facsimile of the first printing of Complexity and Contradiction paired with a compendium of new scholarship on and around Venturi's seminal treatise. Ten essays and a selection of original papers - introduced at a three-day international conference co-organized by MoMA to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the book - address diverse issues, such as the book's relationship to Venturi's own built oeuvre and its significance in the contemporary landscape. Together, these volumes expand the horizons of Venturi's original ideas on creating and experiencing architecture.

Author Biography

Jean-Louis Cohen is Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.