OUT OF THE ORDINARY; ROBERT VENTURI, DENISE SCOTT BROWN AND ASSOCIATES. ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, DESIGN. David B. Brownlee, David G. De Long, and Kathryn B. Hiesinger. Checklist of projects and buildings by William Whitaker. Chronology by Diane L. Minnite.

Brownlee, David B.; David G. De Long; Kathryn B. Hiesinger. William Whitaker. Diane L. Minnite. [Robert Venturi; Denise Scott Brown; Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates.]

ISBN 10: 0300089953 / ISBN 13: 9780300089950

Published by Philadelphia, PA - New Haven. CT: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2001., 2001

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Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). x, 277 pages. Hardcover: H 30.5cm x L 23cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; slight bumping at flap fold ends with small surface scuff near heel of rear flap fold. Black cloth with blur and yellow stamping to front board and spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Features 270 color plates and 184 b/w reproductions. Published as the accompanying catalog for an exhibition opening at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from June 10 to August 5, 2001 and thereafter touring to the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego from June 2 to September 8, 2002 and to the Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh from November 7, 2002 to February 3, 2003. ****** Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.75 pounds (2.15 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0300089953.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: OUT OF THE ORDINARY; ROBERT VENTURI, DENISE SCOTT BROWN AND ASSOCIATES. ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, DESIGN. David B. Brownlee, David G. De Long, and Kathryn B. Hiesinger. Checklist of projects and buildings by William Whitaker. Chronology by Diane L. Minnite.
• Publisher: Philadelphia, PA - New Haven. CT: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2001.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300089953
• ISBN 13: 9780300089950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

This engaging book presents the first critical retrospective look at the extraordinary architectural achievement of Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and their firm. Known for such prominent buildings as the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London and the Seattle Art Museum as well as such major urban revitalisation plans as Washington Avenue in Miami and South Street in Philadelphia, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates changed the face of architectural history. This husband and wife team rejected the universality of modernist design for a particularised contextual and associational approach to building, lauding the "complexity and contradictions" in the historic citycape and "learning from Las Vegas" the value and vitality of the everyday environment. The book, which combines both biography and critical analysis, includes essays on the firm's early and later architectural works and on their lesser-known decorative arts. It also features handsome colour plates of the firm's buildings, architectural drawings, and furniture and other decorative arts, as well as a checklist of all their buildings and projects. The catalogue accompanies a major exhibition that opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in June of 2001 and then travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, California; and the Heinz Architectural Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

About the Author

David Brownlee is professor of the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. David De Long is professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Kathryn B. Hiesinger is curator of European decorative arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.