Robert Venturi

Robert Charles Venturi (June 25, 1925 -) is a Philadelphia-based architect who worked under Eero Saarinen and Louis Kahn before forming his own firm with John Rauch. As a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, Venturi met his future wife, the architect and planner Denise Scott Brown, who joined the firm in 1967. After Rauch's resignation in 1989, the firm took its current form and was named Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc.. Robert Venturi won the Pritzker Prize in 1991.

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June 25 - 1925 - Philadelphia - Architect - Eero Saarinen - Louis Kahn - John Rauch - University of Pennsylvania - Denise Scott Brown - 1989 - Pritzker Prize - 1991

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Venturi was a controversial critic of the purely functional and spare designs of modern orthodox architecture and was considered a counterrevolutionary.

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He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1947 and received his M.F.A. there in 1950.

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Princeton University - 1947 - M.F.A. - 1950

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Important works by his firm include:

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• Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London
• Provincial Capitol Building, Toulouse, France
• Guild House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Vanna Venturi House, designed for Venturi's mother, was recognized as a "Masterwork of Modern American Architecture" by the United States Postal Service in May 2005.

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