10 things I learned on a pilgrimage to the iconic Vanna Venturi House Curbed

Yet throughout the building the adept juxtaposition of big and little elements and the intentional distortion of symmetry establish a richness of meaning and perceptual ambiguity that have made the *Vanna Venturi House*—built in northwestern Philadelphia between 1962 and 1964—one of the most studied and referenced houses of the second half of th.

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Vanna Venturi House Robert Venturi View all images (12) Project Details Project Name Vanna Venturi House Location Philadelphia , PA Project Types Single Family Year Completed 1964 Awards 1989 AIA Twenty-Five Year Award

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Robert Venturi, Vanna Venturi House, 1959-64, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress; photo: Carol M. Highsmith) Rather than copy a specific style, he borrowed freely, juxtaposing, collaging, and reinterpreting forms from distinct periods and places. This was particularly true in the Vanna Venturi House.

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The Vanna Venturi House, referred to by the architect as "my mother's house", took more than six years to design and marked the beginning of his break with the Modernist movement.

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Robert Venturi 1 of 14 Library Of Congress Starting with first sketches in 1959, Robert Venturi - then a young architect - designed a house for his mother Mrs Vanna Venturi in the Chestnut Hill neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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On Thursday, November 10, the Vanna Venturi House in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, providing the 54-year-old house—which has been.

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However in the Vanna Venturi House Robert Venturi took the road less travelled and tested complexity and contradiction in architecture, going against the norm. Save this picture! Located in.

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The announcement this summer of the public sale of "Mother's House" - aka the Vanna Venturi House, the ur-post modern building, designed by her son, the architect Robert Venturi and completed in 1964 - prompted architect Cristina Guadalupe Galván, Denise Scott-Brown's project manager, to offer an insight into the personal story behind a Philadel.

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Share Image 1 of 11 from gallery of AD Classics: Vanna Venturi House / Robert Venturi. Photograph by Maria Buszek

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Vanna Venturi House - A A + A Thomas Hughes House 1960-1963, Robert Venturi. 8330 Millman St. (University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives) (University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives) (University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives) (University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives)

The famous Vanna Venturi house in Chestnut Hill. Designed by Robert Venturi for his mother. r

Vanna Venturi's house is one of the first works by the American architect Robert Venturi, with whom he quickly gained international recognition. In 1989 the house was awarded the Twenty-five Year Award. It was built by Vanna Venturi, the author's mother, who commissioned the project in 1962. The house is located in Chestnut Hill, on the.

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Vanna Venturi House, 8330 Millman Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Venturi, Vanna Venturi, Robert Charles, Jr Documentation compiled after 1933 - facades - 1 1/2 stories - concrete block buildings - stucco - Post Modern - central chimneys - stairways - lunettes

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Vanna Venturi House It is a rare thing to live in a modern landmark, much less a groundbreaking postmodern masterwork by Robert Venturi, but that's what Agatha Hughes calls home. Hughes lives in the Vanna Venturi House in Chestnut Hill, which architect Robert Venturi designed for his aging mother in the early 1960s.

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Vanna Venturi House: Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania (1964) Getty Images. Originally designed for Venturi's mother, this home, filled with contradictions including a functionless arch, was one of the first postmodern designs, and one of the rare residential projects to win the 25-Year Award from the American Institute of Architects.

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In 1962, Mrs. Vanna Venturi instructed her son, the young and promising architect, Robert Venturi, the project of a house in Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia).

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Vanna Venturi House Technical Information Architects: Robert Venturi & John Rauch Location: Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Topics: Post-Modernism, Symbolism in Architecture Area: 184.5 m 2 | 1,986 ft 2 Project Year: 1962 - 1964