Urban morphology is defined as the study of the form and shape of settlements. To mention a few, urban form refers to the primary physical features that structure and define…
Less is defined as ‘a smaller amount’ but what does less stand for when it comes to architecture? Some famous quotes by some brilliant scholars are “Less is More” by…
The beginnings of architecture school prove to be strenuous, challenging, and quite exhaustive. Most students enter with little to no knowledge on the technical aspects of design, and face a…
It is improbable to fathom the impressions of postmodernism in the architectural discourse without first comprehending the negation caused by the supposed chastity of modernism and its ideologies of mass…
The book by Robert Venturi continues to be important in today’s complicated and conflicting world. Robert Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, published 50 years ago and still in print…
Never underestimating the power of design is the main lesson that well-known architects have sought to impart to us over the years. Famous architects like Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and…
Robert Venturi was born in 1925 in Philadelphia and is an American architect. He is well known for being a pioneer of postmodern architecture. In his book ‘Complexity and Contradiction…
The pop-art house of the 1960s and its significance throughout the years Introduction The Lieb house, as tiny as it appears, has a history way beyond its size. Designed by Venturi,…
First published in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas is a book written by architects and writers, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, and co-authored by Steven Izenour. It inspired a…
One of the major architectural figures of the 20th century, Rober Venturi (1925-2018), helped shape the way architects, students and planners look at architecture. This renowned architect formed Venturi, Scott…
The Origin of Post-Modernist Architecture – The Neoclassical movement had arisen with the advent of the ‘age of enlightenment’ in the 17th-18th centuries, where reason and science had been given…
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the highest honor in the field of Architecture, it offers notability and prestige to the Pritzker prize winners and their work which render the qualities…