TY - JOUR
T1 - “I Will Try My Best to Make It Worth It”
T2 - Robert Venturi’s Road to Rome
AU - Costanzo, Denise R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Copyright Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
PY - 2016/7/2
Y1 - 2016/7/2
N2 - Robert Venturi’s Rome Prize fellowship (1954–56) is a familiar, pivotal episode in his early career. But why did he want to go to the American Academy in the early 1950s? Venturi approached his fellowship with rare determination at a time when modernism made the Rome Prize’s architectural relevance unclear. What made him certain this opportunity would be the key to his success, and how did this influence the book he published a decade later? As Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture marks its fiftieth anniversary, clarifying why Venturi valued the Rome Prize further illuminates his views on history, context, and meaningful design.
AB - Robert Venturi’s Rome Prize fellowship (1954–56) is a familiar, pivotal episode in his early career. But why did he want to go to the American Academy in the early 1950s? Venturi approached his fellowship with rare determination at a time when modernism made the Rome Prize’s architectural relevance unclear. What made him certain this opportunity would be the key to his success, and how did this influence the book he published a decade later? As Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture marks its fiftieth anniversary, clarifying why Venturi valued the Rome Prize further illuminates his views on history, context, and meaningful design.
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U2 - 10.1080/10464883.2016.1197661
DO - 10.1080/10464883.2016.1197661
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84988663673
SN - 1046-4883
VL - 70
SP - 269
EP - 283
JO - Journal of Architectural Education
JF - Journal of Architectural Education
IS - 2
ER -