"Learning From Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form" 1982 Venturi, Robert Brown, Denise Scott and Izenour, Steven

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VENTURI, Robert BROWN, Denise Scott and IZENOUR, Steven

[192] pp.

The MIT Press

1982

Fifth Printing

9 1/4" x 6 … Read more VENTURI, Robert BROWN, Denise Scott and IZENOUR, Steven

[192] pp.

The MIT Press

1982

Fifth Printing

9 1/4" x 6 1/2"

Learning from Las Vegas is a 1972 book by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour. Translated into 18 languages, the book helped foster the development of postmodern architecture.

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In March 1968, Robert Venturi, writer of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, and Denise Scott Brown wrote and published "A Significance for A&P Parking Lots, or Learning from Las Vegas" (Architectural Forum, March 1968). That following fall, the two created a research studio for graduate students at Yale School of Art and Architecture. The studio was called "Learning from Las Vegas, or Form Analysis as Design Research" See less