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10mo; pp 135; G/G-; ivory spine with black text; dust jacket shows slight soiling to exterior; small chips to corners; tape mends inside dj to spine edges; cloth has slight wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows light tone to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #3. 1322443. FP New Rockville Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur 1322443
Titre : Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Éditeur : The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Date d'édition : 1966
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette
Vendeur : LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Maria, CA, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 2nd. 132 pages, illustrations; 23 x 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. *** The pioneering document on post-modern architecture. *** CONTENTS: Nonstraightforward architecture: a gentle manifesto; Complexity and contradiction vs. simplification or picturesqueness; Ambiguity; Contradictory levels: the phenomenon of "Both-And" in architecture; Contradictory levels continued: the double-functioning element; Accommodation and the limitations of order: the conventional element; Contradiction adapted; Contradiction juxtaposed; The inside and the outside; The obligation toward the difficult whole. Size: Oblong. N° de réf. du vendeur 109389
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Vendeur : Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, Etats-Unis
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by Robert Venturi on the title page. FineÂin a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times). N° de réf. du vendeur 2585
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Vendeur : Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, Etats-Unis
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Al, Friendship and respect Bob Venturi." FineÂin a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times). N° de réf. du vendeur 81249
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Vendeur : Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, Etats-Unis
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi who has added a drawing of his mother's house on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times). N° de réf. du vendeur 133609
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Vendeur : Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, Etats-Unis
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi and Vincent Scully on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully. Rare and desirable signed by both Venturi and Scully. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times). N° de réf. du vendeur 150581
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