THE WILLIAM E. MASSEY SR. LECTURES IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
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The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization 2004

Architecture as Signs and Systems

For a Mannerist Time

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$35.00 • £25.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674015715

Publication: December 2004

Short

256 pages

8-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches

333 color illustrations, 45 halftones, 14 line drawings

Belknap Press

The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization

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    Introduction
    Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

    I. Architecture as Sign rather than Space
    New Mannerism rather than Old Expressionism
    Robert Venturi

    1. An Evolution of Ideas

    2. Communication and Convention for an Iconographic Architecture

    3. Architecture as Sign in the Work of VSBA

    4. A New Mannerism, for Architecture as Sign

    II. Architecture as Patterns and Systems
    Learning from Planning
    Denise Scott Brown

    5. Some Ideas and Their History

    6. Activities as Patterns

    7. The Redefinition of Functionalism

    8. Context in Context

    9. Essays in Context

    10. Mannerism, because You Can’t Follow All the Rules of All the Systems All the Time

    Conclusion: Signs and Sytems in a Mannerist Architecture for Today
    Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Illustration Credits

    Index

    Awards

    • 2010 Anne d’Harnoncourt Award for Artistic Excellence, Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
    • Finalist, 2005 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Architecture Category
    Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence in Publishing: Harvard University Press Centennial, 1913-2013 [Picture of birthday cake]