Robert Venturi
Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. (June 26, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was an American architect.[1][2] He was married to architect Denise Scott Brown.
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| Name | Robert Venturi |
| Birth date | June 25, 1925 |
| Birth place | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Date of death | September 18, 2018 (aged 93) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Awards | Pritzker Prize (1991) Vincent Scully Prize (2002) |
In 1991, Venturi won the Pritzker Prize.[3]
Venturi died on September 18, 2018 from complications of Alzheimer's disease in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aged 93.[4][5]
Robert Venturi Media
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Front facade of the Vanna Venturi house, one of the first major works of post modern architecture, known especially for the facade and its split gable.
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Venturi's wife and business partner Denise Scott Brown, 1978
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The Guild House, completed 1964, on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia
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Chapel at the Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (2010)
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Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., with inlay depicting parts of Peter Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city
Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery, London
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Inside the Seattle Art Museum
Entrance to Wu Hall at Princeton University
Trabant Student Center at the University of Delaware
Benjamin Franklin House Outline
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References
- ↑ Pogrebin, Robin (14 June 2013). "No Pritzker Prize for Denise Scott Brown". The New York Times. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/no-pritzker-prize-for-denise-scott-brown/?_r=0.
- ↑ Catriona Davies (29 May 2013). Denise Scott Brown: Architecture favors 'lone male genius' over women. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/01/business/denise-scott-brown-pritzker-prize.
- ↑ Goldberger, Paul (14 April 1991). ARCHITECTURE VIEW; Robert Venturi, Gentle Subverter of Modernism. The New York Times. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDD1338F937A25757C0A967958260.
- ↑ "Robert Venturi passes away - Archpaper.com". archpaper.com. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- ↑ Robert Venturi, Architect Who Rejected Modernism, Dies at 93. September 20, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/obituaries/robert-venturi-dead.html.
Other websites
Media related to Robert Venturi at Wikimedia Commons
Quotations related to Robert Venturi at Wikiquote
- Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc. firm web site
- Online profile of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc. Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Stories of Houses: The Vanna Venturi House in Philadelphia, by Robert Venturi
- Design Strategies of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Robert Venturi on IMDb
- Works by or about Robert Venturi in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Robert Venturi interview
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