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.
| Robert Venturi | |
.jpg) (2008 in Rome) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Work | |
| 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
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.
Venturi's wife and business partner Denise Scott Brown
The Guild House, completed 1964, on Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia
Chapel at the Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, PA. (2010)
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
Inside the Seattle Art Museum
Entrance to Wu Hall at Princeton University
Trabant Student Center, University of Delaware
Benjamin Franklin House Outline
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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