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Pub Date 7/2/2002
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Photo of an Alvar Aalto Apartment Building, Bremen, by G. Kleine-Tebbe, is reproduced from 'Robert Venturi: Complexity And Contradiction In Architecture.'PRAISE AND REVIEWSA Daily Dose of Architecture Books John Hill Socially conservative at a time of great social upheaval, while reminding readers that our current situation calls for anything but complacency. The New York Times Vincent Scully Probably the most important writing on the making of architecture since Le Corbusier’s 'Vers une Architecture.' |
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