Learning From Las Vegas
- Hardcover
216 pages
- Release Date
22 September 2017
Summary
A facsimile edition of the long-out-of-print large-format edition designed by design icon Muriel Cooper.
Upon its publication by the MIT Press in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas was immediately influential and controversial. The authors made an argument that was revolutionary for its time—that the billboards and casinos of Las Vegas were worthy of architectural attention—and offered a challenge for contemporary architects obsessed with the heroic and monumental. The physical bo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262036962 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262036967 |
| Author: | Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 2.00kg |
| Dimensions: | 356mm x 267mm |
| Series: | Learning From Las Vegas |
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About The Author
Robert Venturi
Robert Venturi is an award-winning architect and an influential writer, teacher, artist, and designer. His work includes the Sainsbury Wing of London’s National Galler; renovation of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; dozens of major academic projects; and the groundbreaking Vanna Venturi House.
Denise Scott Brown is an architect, writer, and planner. She and Robert Venturi are founding principals of the influential architectural firm Venturi, Scott Brown, and Associates (VSBA), whose work and ideas have influenced generations of architects and planners.
Steven Izenour (1940-2001) was coauthor of Learning from Las Vegas 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.
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