Vanna Venturi House / Robert Venturi | Classics on Architecture Lab
Architects: Robert VenturiYear: 1964Photographs: Robert Venturi, Maria Buszek, UPenn, Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates, storiesofhouses.com, Smallbones, Carol M. Highsmith, Wikimedia CommonsCity: PhiladelphiaCountry: United States Designed by Robert Venturi for his mother in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, the Vanna Venturi House (1962–1964) exemplifies complexity and contradiction, heralding Postmodern architecture. Its split symmetrical gable, exaggerated chimney, and asymmetrical …