Oral history interview with Robert Venturi
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 50 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Venturi, Robert
label: Interviewer
content: Reed, Peter
label: Names
content: Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
label: Names
content: Scott Brown, Denise, 1931-
label: Names
content: Scully, Vincent Joseph, 1920-
topic: label: Topic
content: Architecture, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Architects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Venturi, Robert
label: Interviewer
content: Reed, Peter
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Venturi (1925- ) is an architect from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
function: label: Function
content: Architectural firms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 156 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991 June 1-July 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ventur91
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Venturi conducted 1991 June 1-1991 July 20, by Peter Reed, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Venturi discusses his childhood, education and early career; travelling to Rome; his relationships with Louis Kahn and Vincent Scully; writing "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture"; teaching at Yale University; his partnership with Denise Scott Brown; projects such as the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London, the house he built for his mother, the Guild House and the Seattle Art Museum; and architect/client, architect/contractor relationships in contemporary practice.