Postmodernism pioneer Robert Venturi dies aged 93
Pritzker Prize-winning American architect Robert Venturi, who spearheaded the postmodern movement with wife and partner Denise Scott Brown, has died aged 93 following a short illness.
Venturi's death on Tuesday 18 September 2018 was announced in a statement from his family.
"Robert Venturi, one of the world's leading architects, has died at the age of 93," said the statement. "He passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday after a short illness. An expanded statement about Bob's incredible life will be coming in the next few days. For now, Denise Scott Brown and James Venturi have asked that we respect their wishes for privacy while they grieve."
Venturi wrote seminal texts including Complexity and Contradiction, and Learning from Las Vegas (with Scott Brown), which challenged many of the principles of modern architecture, and subsequently signalled the dawn of the postmodern era. He coined the maxim "Less is bore", as a play of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's modernist mantra "Less is more".
Venturi's most important works included the house he designed for his mother in the late 1950s
Venturi was awarded the Pritzker Prize ? considered architecture's highest honour ? in 1991, and campaigned for Scott Brown's contribution to his oeuvre be recognised by the jury in 2013. The efforts were unsuccessful, but duo jointly received the AIA Gold Medal in 2016.
The couple founded and ran Philadelphia-based Venturi Scott Brown Architects (VSBA), which...
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