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WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
Robert Venturi is the founding principal, chief of design and principal-in-charge of all architectural projects for Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates. Although Mr. Venturi derives his major reputation from his completed buildings, he is also a respected theorist and artist, communicating his ideas with grace and wit. With Denise Scott Brown, his work has had a decisive influence on architects worldwide. Under their guidance, and backed by a cadre of senior, long-term firm members, VSBA produces designs that are unusually responsive to the client’s program and the building’s context, developing an appropriate, distinctive aesthetic for each project with a combination of artistry and economy.
Mr. Venturi’s extensive teaching, advising, writing and lecturing have received widespread public attention and critical review. His book, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, is a recognized milestone in architectural theory. Published in 1966, reissued in 1977, it has been translated and published in 18 languages. In 1996, the book received a Classic Book Award in the American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) Seventh Annual International Architecture Book Awards. Mr. Venturi’s other awards include the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1991) and the Presidential National Medal of the Arts (1992).
Mr. Venturi’s recently completed projects include Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center and the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman Quadrangle. Other projects include the French Département de la Haute-Garonne provincial capitol building in Toulouse, France; the Mielparque Nikko Kirifuri Resort near Nikko, Japan; the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London; the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; and the Seattle Art Museum. Mr. Venturi has also completed numerous college and university projects, including student centers at the University of Delaware, Harvard University and Swarthmore College; laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA and Dartmouth College; and library buildings for Dartmouth College, Bard College and the University of Pennsylvania. His major campus buildings include five at Princeton University, three at Dartmouth, and five at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Venturi’s current projects include the University of Michigan’s Life Sciences Institute and Commons building complex, Philadelphia’s Woodmere Art Museum, and a new biomedical research building at the University of Kentucky.