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"...a brilliant document of the times...a work which uses history knowledgeably, skillfully, and creatively: a rarity." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians "...professionally informed, competitively astute, and perversely brilliant..." The Yale Review "...these studies are brilliant...the kind of art history and theory that is rarely produced." The New York Times Ada Louis Huxtable
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Learning from Las Vegas created a healthy controversy on its appearance in 1972, calling for architects to be more receptive to the tastes and values of "common" people and less immodest in their erections of "heroic," self-aggrandizing monuments.This revision includes the full texts of Part I of the original, on the Las Vegas strip, and Part II, "Ugly and Ordinary Architecture, or the Decorated Shed," a generalization from the findings of the first part on symbolism in architecture and the iconography of urban sprawl. (The final part of the first edition, on the architectural work of the firm Venturi and Rauch, is not included in the revision.) The new paperback edition has a smaller format, fewer pictures, and a considerably lower price than the original. There are an added preface by Scott Brown and a bibliography of writings by the members of Venturi and Rauch and about the firm's work.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Currently writing my final year architecture thesis on symbolism, and this book has come in great use!
Its orientation around vegas is easily related to other symbolism!
Its a must read if your on the plane to vegas! It doesnt revolve completely around architecture I would recommend anyone who plans to visit! Also great illustrations and lots of pictures!
Its orientation around vegas is easily related to other symbolism!
Its a must read if your on the plane to vegas! It doesnt revolve completely around architecture I would recommend anyone who plans to visit! Also great illustrations and lots of pictures!
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Really enjoyed this book,was in great condition and arrived promptly.really interesting read and images also very varied worth picking up!
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This is a book that every architect or person who is interested in architecture should have in his library!!!it is a book I read about a lot as a student in architecture.I hope that in the future it could be translated into greek as well
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