Description: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Museum of Modern Art, NY, 1966. Hardcover, 1st edition. A great copy of the hard to find first edition of this iconic title described in Vincent Scully's introduction as "probably the most important writing on the making of architecture since Le Corbusier's 'Vers Une Architecture', of 1923." The grey cloth boards and binding show only the slightest shelf wear, and the contents are clean and unmarked save for the previous owner's name in the ffep... VG+. The unclipped DJ is VG minus with some chips and tears to the front panel. Begins with "I like elements which are hybrid rather than "pure," compromising rather than "clean," distorted rather than "straightforward," ambiguous rather than "articulated," perverse as well as impersonal, boring as well as "interesting," conventional rather than "designed," accommodating rather than excluding, redundant rather than simple, vestigial as well as innovating, inconsistent and equivocal rather than direct and clear. I am for messy vitality over obvious unity. I include the non sequitur and proclaim the duality."
Price: 150 USD
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Book Title: complexity and contradiction in architecture
Publication Name: Museum of Modern Art
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Book Series: n/a
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 1966
Type: Hardcover
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1960s
Author: Robert Venturi
Personalized: No
Features: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Genre: Art & Culture
Topic: Architecture
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 1.5 pounds
