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Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Complexity and Contradiction in American Architecture (Museum of Modern Art, 1977, c1966) With this book this husband and wife team of architects and artists were said to have diverted the mainstream of architecture away from modernism. Venturi argues for the messy vitality of the built environment and has said "less is bore". "We were calling for an architecture that promotes richness and ambiguity over unity and clarity, contradiction and redundancy over harmony and simplicity." The husband-wife-team's provocative reaction against the functionalist aesthetic of modern architecture. The two reject "prim dreams of pure order" in favor of eclecticism, ambiguity, and humor, and argue for "the messy vitality" of the built environment. MORE: A brief biography of Venturi, including his acceptance speech for the Pritzker Architecture Prize A brief biography of Denise Scott Brown Professional Web site for Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates Amazon Amazon |
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