Gebr. Mann Verlag eBooks· 2023· Book chapter
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
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This influential 1966 book, "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture," is a seminal text of postmodernism, challenging modernist purism with a call for a less straightforward architectural approach.
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Key points
- Advocates for a "nonstraightforward architecture" as a rebellion against modernist purism.
- Uses 350 architectural photographs as historical comparisons to illuminate ideas.
- Recognized as an essential document in architectural literature and winner of a Classic Book Award.
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Abstract
First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture, Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture. Complexity and Contradiction in was the winner of the Classic Book Award at the AIA's Seventh Annual International Architecture Book Awards.
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