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First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses... Read Full Overview

First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in... Read Full Overview

First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in... Read Full Overview

Aparecido por primera vez en 1966, Complejidad y contradicci n en la arquitectura es uno de los textos de teor a de la arquitectura m s importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX y uno de los primeros en cuestionar de una forma global y contundente las ideas y los preceptos... Read Full Overview

Amerikanische Originalausgabe erschienen im Museum of Modern Art, New York 1966

First published in 1966, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture is one of the most important texts in architectural theory of the second half of the 20th century and one of the first to question the ideas and precepts of modern architecture in a global sense. Venturi demystifies... Read Full Overview