Complexity and Contradiction at fifty: Studies toward an Ongoing Debate
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Complexity and Contradiction at fifty: Studies toward an Ongoing Debate
By (Author) Martino Stierli
By (author) David Brownlee
Text by Robert Venturi
Text by Jean-Louis Cohen
Text by Lee Ann Custer
Text by Peter Frhlicher
Text by Diane Harris
Text by Andrew Leach
Text by Mary McLeod
Text by Stanislaus von Moos
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
1st September 2019
27th June 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
720.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
296
1100g
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 Bio
Jean-Louis Cohen is Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
