Name: Learning from Las Vegas
ISBN: 9780262720069

Denise Scott Brown

Robert Venturi

Steven Izenour

Denise Scott (Architect Brown, Venturi Scott Brown & Associates Inc)

Robert (Venturi Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates Inc)

Surveys the architecture of the Las Vegas Strip and examines the role of urban sprawl, advertising, and commercial iconography in contemporary building design

The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form

Learning from Las Vegas

Chris Dailey

Post-modern manifesto that critiques the Modern movement for being staid and out of touch with the fundamental duty of architects -- to build useful buildings. Focusing on the Ugly and Ordinary over the Heroic and Original, the authors praise marginal advancements and building on the 10,000 year history of human architecture over the revolutionary idealism that dominated the first half of the 20th century. They contend that symbolism and context should be used rather relying on "pure' architecture of form and space...and you should always considering your audience and client. Short but academic, it's worth a read if your interested in the subject and want to dive into source materials.

Learning from Las Vegas The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form