Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
Venturi, Robert, Steven Izenour, and Denise Scott Brown
Language: English
Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA London, 1977
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192pp., xvii. First published in 1972; Revised Edition first published in 1977; this copy: '20' at foot of copyright page. Appendix: On Design Review Boards and Fine Arts Commissions, pp. 164-165; Bibliography, pp. 167-189; [Photo] Credits, pp. 190-192. Glossy gray wraps with large black title lettering across lower half front cover, just above smaller black and white author names lettering across bottom front cover; color photo-illustration of Las Vegas strip signage across top front cover. Thin 1 3/4" superficial, shallow, angled crease on front cover at 1 5/8" below front cover top right corner, angled down toward bottom left front cover corner: describes much worse than it is: feels essentially smooth and flat there, can barely be seen on inside front cover at corresponding location, else copy is As New: tight binding, sharp corners, no rubbing wear, no previous owner names. Clean text.
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- Title
- Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
- Author
- Venturi, Robert, Steven Izenour, and Denise Scott Brown
- Publisher
- The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA London
- Publication year
- 1977
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 026272006X
- ISBN 13
- 9780262720069
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
This revision includes the full texts of Part I of the original, on the Las Vegas strip, and Part II, "Ugly and Ordinary Architecture, or the Decorated Shed," a generalization from the findings of the first part on symbolism in architecture and the iconography of urban sprawl. (The final part of the first edition, on the architectural work of the firm Venturi and Rauch, is not included in the revision.) The new paperback edition has a smaller format, fewer pictures, and a considerably lower price than the original. There are an added preface by Scott Brown and a bibliography of writings by the members of Venturi and Rauch and about the firm's work.
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About the Author
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 (MIT Press, 1977) 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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