Nor does complexity deny the valid simplification which is … - Robert Venturi

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Nor does complexity deny the valid simplification which is part of the process of analysis, and even a method of achieving complex architecture itself.

Robert Venturi

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Robert Charles Venturi (June 25, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was a Philadelphia-based architect who worked under Eero Saarinen and Louis Kahn before forming his own firm with John Rauch.

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Alternative Names: Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. • Robert Charles Venturi Jr. • Robert Venturi Jr.

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Orthodox Modern architects have tended to recognize complexity insufficiently or inconsistently. In their attempt to break with tradition and start all over again, they idealized the primitive and elementary at the expense of the diverse and the sophisticated.

I am for messy vitality over obvious unity.

Rationalizations for simplification are still current, however, though subtler than the early arguments.

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