Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Robert Venturi is a partner in the firm of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., Philadelphia. He has taught at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania, and was a Fellow and later Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. His writing, teaching, and architectural work have had a decisive influence on the younger generation of architects throughout the world. Venturi is also the author ofIconography and Electronics Upon a Generic Architectureand, with Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour,Learning from Las Vegas.