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Relearning from Las Vegas /

Immediately on its publication in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, was hailed as a transformative work in the history and theory of architecture, liberating those in architecture who were trying to find a way out of the straitjacket of archite...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Golec, Michael J., Vinegar, Aron
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Immediately on its publication in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, was hailed as a transformative work in the history and theory of architecture, liberating those in architecture who were trying to find a way out of the straitjacket of architectural orthodoxies. Resonating far beyond the professional and institutional boundaries of the field, the book contributed to a thorough rethinking of modernism and was subsequently taken up as an early manifestation and progenitor of postmodernism. Going beyond analyzing the original text, the essa.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816666393