Learning from Las Vegas
Learning from Las Vegas
The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
Robert Venturi ; Denise Scott Brown ; Steven Izenour

Uitgever
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : The MIT Press, 2000
Omvang
192 p., geïllustreerd, 23 cm.
ISBN
026272006X

Learning from Las Vegas is calling for architects to be more receptive to the tastes and values of "common" people and less immodest in their erections of "heroic," self-aggrandizing monuments. This revision includes the full texts of Part I of the original, on the Las Vegas strip, and Part II, "Ugly and Ordinary Architecture, or the Decorated Shed," a generalization from the findings of the first part on symbolism in architecture and the iconography of urban sprawl.


Persoon als onderwerp
Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour
Trefwoorden
public space , graphic design in public space , architects , visual culture , architecture theory
Geografische locatie
United States Nevada Las Vegas
Locatie in de bibliotheek
Kast 15 - 4: Architectuur en Kunst
Extra thema's
Architecture and Toursim
Opmerkingen
Revised Edition, first published in 1972 ; Incl. Bibliographical References ;zie ook ; kast 13 - 2 : Grafische vormgeving in de openbare ruimte