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A Fountain and Vanna Venturi House; 1964 with Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

2018-09-23T09:00:00-04:00

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in its journey. These early projects grant us a glimpse into the early, naive, ambitious and at points rough edges of soon to be architectural masters.

In this installment, following the news of Robert Venturi's passing, we look at Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. While most are familiar with their Vanna Venturi House, another small project was being worked on at the same time. Even though it remains unbuilt, it provides us another angle on this pair's remarkable start.

Learning from 'Learning from Las Vegas': in conversation with Denise Scott Brown, Part 3: Research

2016-11-08T12:12:00-05:00

For the past few months, we’ve been publishing parts of an extended conversation with Denise Scott Brown. In this installment, we delve deeper into our discussion of the pedagogical methods employed in the Learning from Las Vegas studio, and what ‘learning’ should mean for architects more broadly.

Learning from 'Learning from Las Vegas' with Denise Scott Brown, Part 2: Pedagogy

2016-10-05T11:59:00-04:00

We left off our conversation with Denise Scott Brown talking about her childhood in South Africa and her early architectural influences. Now, in part 2 of our 3-part series, we discuss the unique pedagogical methods she pioneered alongside her husband, Robert Venturi.

Learning from 'Learning from Las Vegas' with Denise Scott Brown, Part I: The Foundation

2016-09-28T12:12:00-04:00

Nearly fifty years ago, Denise Scott Brown, her husband Robert Venturi, and Steven Izenour brought nine architecture students, two planning students, and two graphic design students to Las Vegas. There they studied the famous, if often derided, Las Vegas Strip, discovering a wealth of meaning in its bright signage. Their findings, published four years later in 1972, became one of the seminal texts of architectural theory and influenced an entire generation of practitioners and thinkers.