Robert Venturi

(1925–2018) amerikansk arkitekt

Robert Venturi (United States, 1925–2018) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Robert Venturi belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Robert Venturi was born in Philadelphia and died in Philadelphia. Robert Venturi trained at Princeton University School of Architecture, Episcopal Academy, and American Academy in Rome. Wikidata associates Robert Venturi with postmodern architecture and Postmodernism. Robert Venturi became a member of American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Letters, and European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The awards include Pritzker Architecture Prize, Vincent Scully Prize, Rome Prize, and National Medal of Arts. The students included Peter Corrigan and Amy Weinstein.

One of the best-known works is ‘Vanna Venturi House’. The catalogue has 2 buildings by Robert Venturi. The dated buildings span the years 1917–1964. The buildings are in Chestnut Hill and Ohio. According to Wikidata, buildings by Robert Venturi belong to the ‘Postmodernism’ style.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Duane Hanson, Mariana Yampolsky, Robert Rauschenberg, William Wharton, and Al Feldstein.