{"product_id":"las-vegasin-ogrettikleri","title":"What Las Vegas Teaches: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished by Şevki Vanlı Architecture Foundation Publications and translated by Serpil Merzi Özaloğlu, \u003cem\u003eLearning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form\u003c\/em\u003e is Venturi’s second book, written with two co-authors, six years after \u003cem\u003eComplexity and Contradiction in Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topics discussed in the book are examined from an entirely linguistic perspective. The authors of the book are more concerned with the temporary meaning and messages conveyed by architectural form than with its timeless, enduring qualities. Although the book takes its name from Las Vegas, the issues it addresses remain current for countries where the Modernist architectural movement gained traction or is still being applied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDenise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi state in the book's preface:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As critics of Modern architecture, it is appropriate here to acknowledge our profound admiration for its founders, who were sensitive to their own times and proclaimed a relevant revolution. Our argument concerns the inappropriate and distorted extension of this old revolution...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the introduction to the book, Uğur Tanyeli, who penned a presentation titled \"Postmodern Discourse and \u003cem\u003eLearning from Las Vegas\u003c\/em\u003e,\" states:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The great designer architects of the 20th century face the necessity of presenting not only architectural but also written documents to the professional public. This situation can also be described as a culmination, five hundred years later, of a process that began with Alberti, reaching a peak befitting the age of mass production. At this pinnacle, two architects, Le Corbusier and Robert Venturi, distinguish themselves by writing fundamental texts that can be used to understand their respective eras and the architecture of those times. These two figures have produced texts of vital importance for, respectively, the Modern and the Postmodern movements... \u003cem\u003eLearning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form\u003c\/em\u003e deserves special attention as one of the texts that best exemplifies the great change architecture theory or ideology has undergone in recent years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHO IS ROBERT VENTURI?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Venturi, director of the architecture firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, has engaged in teaching and theoretical work alongside his extensive and significant practical output. In addition to \u003cem\u003eComplexity and Contradiction in Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e, his works include \u003cem\u003eLearning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form\u003c\/em\u003e (with Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour) and \u003cem\u003eA View from the Campidoglio: Selected Essays, 1953-1984\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı Yayınları","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39409084367043,"sku":"9789757722113","price":255.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/3950\/7395\/products\/SVMV_lasvegasogrettikleri.jpg?v=1677179870","url":"https:\/\/yemkitabevi.com\/en-us\/products\/las-vegasin-ogrettikleri","provider":"YEM Kitabevi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}