- Introduction [Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown]
- I. Architecture as Sign rather than SpaceNew 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 SystemsLearning 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
THE WILLIAM E. MASSEY SR. LECTURES IN AMERICAN STUDIES
The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies 2004
Architecture as Signs and Systems
For a Mannerist Time
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$48.00 • £41.95 • €43.95
ISBN 9780674015715
Publication Date: 12/17/2004
264 pages
333 color illustrations, 45 halftones, 14 line drawings
The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies
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- 2010 Anne d’Harnoncourt Award for Artistic Excellence, Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
- Finalist, 2005 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Architecture Category
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