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Venturi, Robert |
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(1925- ) |
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Birthplace: USA |
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Knoll Products: Collection of chairs, sofa, high and low tables |
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"Less is bore." A maverick of 20th century modernism, Robert Venturi delights in design that is purely decorative. The collection of chairs, tables and sofa created for Knoll in the 1980s by Venturi and his wife, architect Denise Scott-Brown, broke down barriers between traditional and modern design. The couple established their Philadelphia-based firm, Venturi, Rauch and Scott-Brown, in 1964. They have designed numerous residential and commercial buildings around the world. Venturi studied architecture at Princeton University. The recipient of a Prix de Rome, he continued his education at the American Academy in Rome. Subsequently, he worked in the offices of Eero Saarinen and Louis Kahn. He has taught architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate seminar with Denise Scott-Brown and Stephen Izenour. Robert Venturi, is the author of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture and Learning from Las Vegas. |
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