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1950

“Context in Architectural Composition: M.F.A. Thesis, ,” in Iconography and Electronics upon a Generic . A View from the Drafting Room, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1996, pp. 333-374. (Robert Venturi’s MFA thesis) 1952

Letter to the Editor, The Architectural Review, August 1952. (Regarding the rear facades of the demolished Railroad Station) 1953

"The Campidoglio: A Case Study," The Architectural Review 113, May 1953, pp. 333-334. (Reprinted in A+U, December 1981, p. 12 [in Japanese] and p. 195 [in English.]) 1960

"Project for a Beach House," Architectural Design, November 1960. 1961

"Weekend House," Progressive Architecture, April 1961, pp. 156-157. 1965

"A Justification for a Pop Architecture," Arts and Architecture, April 1965, pp. 22. (Also in Les Années Pop, 2001. - Biblio A)

"Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture," Perspecta 9-10, 1965, pp. 17-56. (Extract) 1966

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, New York: and Graham Foundation, 1966. (Translated into Japanese, 1969; Spanish, 1972; French, 1976, 1996 -- 2 editions; Serbo-Croatian, 1983; German; Greek; Italian; Chinese; Hungarian; Czech, 2001/2003 (Samizdat); Russian; Turkish; Portuguese; Korean, 2004; Polish; Urdu; Farsi; Finnish, 2006) 1967

"Selection from: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture," Zodiac 17, 1967, pp. 123- 126.

"Three Projects: Architecture and Landscape, Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture and City Planning," Perspecta 11, 1967, pp. 103-106.

"Trois batiments pour une ville de l'Ohio," L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, December 1967- January 1968, pp. 37-39.

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1968

"A Bill-Ding Board Involving Movies, Relics and Space," Architectural Forum, April 1968, pp. 74-76. (Football Hall of Fame Competition)

"On Architecture," L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, September 1968, pp. 36-39. 1974

“Functionalism, Yes, But…,” A+U Architecture and Urbanism, vol. 4 no. 47, 1974, p. 33.

Kramer, Paul R., "Wir lernen vom Rom und ," Werk, Architektur und Kunst, February 1974, pp. 202-212. (Interview with Robert Venturi) 1975

"Architecture as Shelter with Decoration on It, and a Plea for a Symbolism of the Ordinary in Architecture," 1975. (Unpublished) 1976

"," arkkitehti, July-August 1976, pp. 66-67. (Reprinted in Progressive Architecture, April 1977, pp. 54, 102; and Alvar Aalto, exhibition monograph, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 1988.

"Commentary: Robert Venturi," "Princeton's Beaux Arts and its New Academicism," 1976, p. 21. (Exhibition catalogue in honor of Jean Labatut)

"The Installation of the Special Exhibition: ': Three Centuries of American Art' at The Philadelphia Museum of Art," unpublished 1976. (Printed in notice for Conference of Society of Architectural Historians, 1976, Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Marsh, Peter, "Venturi Strip," Building Design, July 9, 1976, p. 8. (Interview with Robert Venturi)

Mechelen, L. Van, “A Propos de Robert Venturi,” Aplus 26, March 1976. (interview with Robert Venturi; in French)

"Le Palladio du Mouvement Moderne," ("Aalto: The Palladio of the Modern Movement"), L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 191 (1976?), pp. 119-120. (In French; Tribute to Alvar Aalto)

"Plain and Fancy Architecture by Cass Gilbert at Oberlin," Apollo, February 1976, pp. 86-89.

"A Reaction to Complexity and Contradiction in the Work of Furness," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Newsletter, Spring 1976, p. 5.

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1977

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, revised edition. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977. (Translated into German, 1978; Greek, 1978; Italian, 1980; Japanese, 1982; Serbo-Croatian, 1983, 1987; Hungarian, 1986; Chinese; Czechoslovakian, 2002/2003; Turkish, 1991; Farsi [1994?]; Brazilian, 1995; Portuguese; Korean, 1991; Samizdat [Russian], French, 1999; Finnish, 2006)

"Forum: The Beaux Arts Exhibition," Oppositions, Spring 1977, pp. 171-172. (Reaction to the exhibition "The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux Arts," The Museum of Modern Art, 1976-77)

Global Architecture, December 1977, pp. 160-167. (Ski house, Vail, Colorado)

“Learning from Aalto,” Progressive Architecture, April 1977, p. 54, 102 (Previously published in arkkitehti under title “Alvar Aalto”, 1976)

"Plain and Fancy Architecture by Cass Gilbert at Oberlin and the Addition to the Museum by Venturi and Rauch," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, Vol. 34, No. 2, 1976-77, pp. 83- 104. Also in Arquitectura, January-February 1978, pp. 66-74. A portion of this article appeared in Apollo, February 1976, pp. 6-9. 1978

"A Definition of Architecture as Shelter with Decoration on It, and Another Plea for a Symbolism of the Ordinary in Architecture," Architecture and Urbanism (A+U), January 1978, pp. 3-14. (Reprinted in A+U February 2001, No. 365, p.130-141). Also in L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, No. 197, June, 1978, pp. 7-8.

"La arquitectura sencilla y extravagante de Cass Gilbert y la ampliacion del Museo de Venturi y Rauch” Arquitectura No. 210, January – February 1978, p.66 (Spanish version 1979

"The Campidoglio: A Case Study," Stanza, Spring 1979, p. 27. (Printed originally in The Architectural Review, May 1953, pp. 333-334.

"Learning the Right Lessons from the Beaux Arts," Architectural Design, January 1979, pp. 23-31.

"Une Galerie d'Art a Oberlin, Ohio," Werk-Archithese, January-February 1979, pp. 31-32, and 96. 1980

"Donald Drew Egbert -- A Tribute," in The Beaux-Arts Tradition in French Architecture, by Donald Drew Egbert (edited for publication by David Van Zanten), Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1980, pp. xiii-xiv.

“Excerpts from Honorary Degree Citations,” Almanac, May 22, 1980, p. 16.

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"Le tappe del dibattito," Casabella 463/464, November/December 1980, pp. 106-114. (Excerpts from various writings) (In Italian)

MacNair, Andrew, "Venturi and the Classic Modern Tradition," Skyline, March 1980, pp. 4-5. (Interview with Robert Venturi on Showroom) 1981

"," Universitat (th) Hannover Ehrendoktoren Architektur 1831-1981, Hannover: Universitat (th) Hannover, 1981, unpaged. (In German)

Futagawa, Yukio, (ed.), "Modern Houses," Global Architecture Book 3. Tokyo: A.D.A. EDITA, 1981. (Text by Paul Goldberger. , Brant House and Tucker III House)

"Intangibles," Fetish, Spring 1981, p. 12. (Combined interviews with Robert Venturi and Charles Rozier)

"L'Architettura E'Anche Una Canzone," Modo, November 1981, pp. 19-22. (See also p. 14, English translation of same interview with RV)

“Robert Venturi,” Yale Seminars in Architecture 1, 1981, p. 187-241. 1982

"Diversity, Relevance and Representation in Historicism, or Plus ca Change... plus A Plea For Pattern all over Architecture with a Postscript on my Mother's House," Architectural Record, June 1982, pp. 114-119. Also published in L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, October 1982, pp. 94-101; in Arquitecturas, 3 1984, pp. 24-29, as "Diversidad, Pertinencia y Representacion en el Historicismo o Plus ca Change"; in Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown, Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, 1986, and : Academy Editions, 1986; in Arkitekten, May 1988, pp. 234-240. (The 1982 Walter Gropius lecture, ) (In Danish)

Eisenman, Peter, "Entretien avec Peter Eisenman," La Modernite ou L'Esprit du temps: Biennale de Paris, Section Architecture 1982, Paris: Editions L'Equerre, 1982, pp. 38-43. (Interview with R. Venturi) (In French)

Eisenman, Peter, "Interview: Robert Venturi," Skyline, July 1982, pp. 12-15. (French translation published in La modernite ou l'espirit du temps, Biennale de Paris, Section Architecture 1982, pp. 327-345; Italian translation in Immagini del Post Moderno, Venice, 1983, pp. 38-43.)

"Il Proprio Vocabolario," Gran Bazaar, February 1982, pp. 152-157. (Article on Brant Houses. See also review, "Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown," p. 43.)

"RIBA Discourse, July 1981," Transactions 1, RIBA Journal, May 1982, pp. 47-56. (Also published in Chinese journal , 1987, pp. 206-208.)

Preface to Uncommon Places, by Stephen Shore, New York: Aperture, 1982 (back of book jacket). (Photography)

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1983

"Architettura Della Strada: Robert Venturi," Hinterland 27, III 1983, pp. 16-19. (Roadside Architecture in Italian)

"On Aalto," Quaderns 157, April, May, June 1983, p. 55 (English translation insert, p. 25).

"A Pluralism of Tastes," Advertising Age, Commentary Corner, Aug. 8, 1983, p. M-12. (Commentary on outdoor advertising)

"Proposal for the Iraq State Mosque, Baghdad," L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Sept. 1983, pp. 28-35 (English translation, p. XLV). 1984

Browning, Graeme, “Architect Venturi Shuns Blandness of ,” The Wyoming State Tribune, July 5, 1984, p. 10. (RV interview)

"Eero Saarinen and His Works," Eero Saarinen, Extra Edition of A+U (Architecture and Urbanism), April 1984. (RV one of 7 interviewed by Tsukasa Yamashita) (In Japanese, pp. 187-190; and English, pp. 219-221)

Healy, Peggy and Iris Ihde Frey, Eds., Salute to Italy : Celebrity Cookbook, JC Penny Co, p. 108. (RV recipe for “Pasta for a Hot Summer Day”)

“Inszenierung der Erinnerung,” Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, April 1984, pp. 28-33. (In German) (Penn’s Light, National Football Museum, Franklin Court)

“Issues in Architecture,” A+U, (Architecture and Urbanism), March 1984, pp.19-24. (In Japanese)

Marinelli, Ursula, "Breaking Away," Lawrence Institute of Technology Magazine, Summer 1984, pp. 1, 2, 4. (Interview with RV) Also in the same issue, "A Post-Modern Primer," by Robert Benson, p. 3. (Mentions RV)

Sanmartin, Antonio (interviewer), "Robert Venturi," Quaderns, 162 (1984), pp. 96-101. (In Spanish and English) 1985

"A Bureau in William and Mary Style," Le Affinita' Elettive, Milan, Italy: Triennale di Milano, 1985, pp. 153-158.

"The Golden Air of Rome," Architectural Digest, May 1985, p. 90.

“The Importance of Contrast of Scale in ,” Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture Newsletter, 1985, pp. 4-6.

Interview, Eisenmann, Peter, "Interview of 1982," Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, January/February 1985, pp. 44-51. (In German)

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1986

Foreword to Concepts and Influences: Towards a Regionalized International Architecture, by Rifat Chadirji, London: KPI Limited, 1986, pp. 1-3.

Hannon, John, “An Architect’s View of Main Street,” Roxborough Times, August 21, 1986, p. 6. (Interview with RV)

"The Importance of Contrast of Scale in Urban Design," The Institute Newsletter (The Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture), Fall 1986, pp. 4-6. (Excerpts from RV's talk at the Dallas Institute's May 1985 conference "What Makes a City: Growth and Undergrowth")

Introduction to Impressions of Imagination: Terra-Cotta , by Lydia Aldredge, Seattle: Allied Arts of Seattle, Inc., 1986, p. vi.

"On the Record - Robert Venturi, '47," The Daily Princetonian, April 15, 1986, p. 4. (Interview with R. Venturi)

“Robert Venturi: Learning from Trafalgar Square?” Art & Design, March 1986, pp. 6-7, Back Cover. (RV’s speech at press conference announcement, color spread of Trafalgar Square with superimposed VRSB projects, back cover is RV with Nelson’s column in background. See also “Here We Go Round the Square Again,” 1986, in same issue)

Trucksess, Robin and Joseph Mucci, "Conversation with Robert Venturi," Arcade, August/September 1986, pp. 6-7. (Interview with RV) 1988

"L'equilibre des contradictions," in exhibition monograph, Alvar Aalto, published by Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 1988. (Originally published in arkkitehti, July-August 1976, pp. 66-67; reprinted in Progressive Architecture, April 1977, pp. 54, 102; Quaderns 157, April, May, June 1983, p. 55.)

"The Cuckoo Clock," "Alessi Clocks 1966-1988," Alessi1988, pp. 13-16. (Promotional brochure) (In English, Italian, French and German)

"From Invention to Convention in Architecture," RSA (Royal Society of Arts) Journal, January 1988, pp. 89-103. (The Thomas Cubitt Lecture by RV delivered to The Royal Society of Arts in London on April 8, 1987)

“In the Center of Town The Museum as Cathedral,” Museum News, May/June 1988, pp. 22- 23. (Excerpted from a lecture delivered to the Royal Society of Arts in London, April 1987, and published in the 1/88 issue of the society’s journal.)

In the Nation's Service: Twenty-six Princetonians Reflect on Their University -- Then and Now, Princeton, NJ: 1988. (RV on pp. 154-159)

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1989

"From Invention to Convention in Architecture," Arquitectonica, No. 4, October 1989, pp. 25- 40. (Excerpted from Thomas Cubitt Lecture by RV delivered to The Royal Society of Arts in London on April 8, 1987; originally published in its entirety in RSA Journal, January 1988, pp. 89-103.) (In Spanish and English) 1990

Anderson, Kurt, "Architects' Forum," Architectural Digest, February 1990, pp. 68-82. (Interview with R. Venturi and D. Scott Brown.)

Chang-Bok, Yim (interviewer), "Conversation on Current Architectural Trends with Robert Venturi," Space (Arts & Architecture) 276, August 1990, pp. 108-113. (Interview with RV) (In Korean)

"Culture Shock," Vogue, October 1990, p. 382. (Article by Jed Perl includes statements by various people including RV about the relations between high art and popular culture.)

"Discussion: Diversity in Houses," Mitsui Home International Residential Design Competition, 1989, Tokyo: Mitsui Home Co. Ltd., 1990, pp. 34-50. (Discussion among RV, DSB, Tadashi Nagai, and Kunihiko Hayakawa) (In Japanese and English)

"Ethos and Place in a Non-universal Architecture of Institutions," Mitsui Home International Residential Design Competition, 1989, Tokyo: Mitsui Home Co. Ltd., 1990, pp. 51-102. (Lecture by RV in Tokyo Feb. 27, 1990) (In Japanese and English)

"JA Interview: Robert Venturi and ," Architect, May 1990, pp. 6-8. (Interviewer: Toshio Nakamura, in English)

"Judges Comments," Mitsui Home International Residential Design Competition, 1989, Tokyo: Mitsui Home Co. Ltd., 1990, p. 32. (RV's comments on Mitsui Home Competition) (In Japanese and English)

Lecture and Question & Answer session in Korea, June 28, 1990, Plus: Architecture + Interior Design, August 1990, No. 40, pp. 124-138. (Special Issue on Robert Venturi, including articles about RV and illustrations and descriptions of: Sainsbury Wing, Philadelphia Orchestra Hall, , Expo '92, Gordon Wu Hall, State Mosque of Iraq Competition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Furniture and Decorative Arts) (RV lecture and Q&A session in Korean and English; other articles in Korean only)

"Philadelphia Orchestra Hall," Zodiac 4, September 1990, pp. 74-109. (Brief essay by RV on why POH is not Decon; "Some Interim Notes on the Philadelphia Orchestra Hall Design, November 17, 1989," by RV; sketches, sections, elevations, floorplans, photos of model, etc.)

"Super Close-Up I, Interview: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown," at, May 1990, pp. 7- 17. (Interview by Noriyuki Yasuyama, in Japanese)

"Vanna Venturi House," in The Book of the School: 100 Years of the Graduate School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania, by Ann L. Strong and George E. Thomas, Philadelphia: Graduate School of Fine Arts, 1990, p. 193.

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"We are Architects Who Love Classical...," Materia (An Architectural Review), 1990, pp. 18- 31. (Brief statement by RV on architectural orders; illustrations of Swid Powell serving set, Butler College column, Allen Art Museum column, Sainsbury Wing iron column sketches, House in Northern Delaware, House on Sound exterior columns, House in Seal Harbor interior and exterior columns, Museum of Contemporary Art central court, Gallo Winery Visitor's Center facade sketch, Children's Museum facade sketch, Thayer School interior columns, UCLA MacDonald Medical Research Laboratories facade showing cast iron columns, Sainsbury Wing model) (In Italian and English) 1991

"Acceptance," The Pritzker Architecture Prize, Hyatt Foundation, 1991. (Pritzker acceptance speech, 5/16/91)

Barrière, Philippe, and Sylvia Lavin, "Entre Imagination Sociale et Architecture," L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, February 1991, pp. 92-104. (Interview with Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi.)

"Denise Scott Brown," , Letters to the Editor Section, June 16, 1991, p. 17. (Pritzker Prize)

"Frank Lloyd Wright," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts "Calendar of Events," January, February, March 1991, p. 1.

"Furness and Taste," Frank Furness, The Complete Works, by George E. Thomas, Michael J. Lewis and Jeffrey A. Cohen, Princeton Architectural Press: 1991, pp. 5-6. (RV 14-15 + image of Guild House)

Introduction to Documentos De Arquitectura 17, monograph about José María Torres Nadal, July 1991, p. 3. (Barcelona) (in English and Spanish)

Iovine, Julie V. and Michael McDonough, "The Met Grill," Metropolitan Home, April 1991 , pp. 120-124. (Interview with Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown)

"From Invention to Convention in Architecture," Zodiac 6, March/August 1991, pp. 126-135. (From the tenth Thomas Cubitt Lecture by RV delivered to The Royal Society of Arts in London on April 8, 1987; originally published in its entirety in RSA Journal, January 1988, pp. 89-103.) (In Italian and English)

Lynham, Tom, and Sara Stallard, "Robert Venturi y Denise Scott Brown - Desde la polemica," Diseno Interior, October 1991, pp. 70-73. (Interview with R. Venturi and D. Scott Brown, re: Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery of London) (In Spanish) 1992

"Architecture: Its Art," Lotus 73, August 1992, pp. 112-113. (Essay)

"The Art and Profession of Architecture," NEOS, Journal of the Design Council Art Museum, Volume 2, 1992, p. 14.

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"Conceptual Sketches for Japanese Architecture, 1990," Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates: On Houses and Housing, London: Academy Editions, 1992; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992, p. 14.

"From Invention to Convention: Conference," Lotus, May 1992, pp. 70-90. (Sainsbury Wing) (Extract from lecture by RV at Royal Society of Arts in London on 8 April 1987, originally published in RSA Journal, January 1988)

"Homage to Louis I. Kahn: Extracts from the 1991 Kahn Lectures," Penn in Ink, May 1992, Volume 1, Number 1, p. 6. (Extracts from R. Venturi and D. Scott Brown from the Kahn Lectures at GSFA)

"Learning from Philadelphia", Abitare, November 1992, pp. 146-152, 204, (Furness Library) (Italian and English)

"A Postscript on My Mother's House," Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates: On Houses and Housing, London: Academy Editions, 1992; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992, p. 25-26. (Originally published in Architectural Record, June 1982, pp. 114-115)

"Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Interview with Robert Maxwell," Architectural Design Profile No. 98, 1992, pp. 8-15.

"Some Words Concerning Designing for Architecture on American Campuses," Zodiac 7, March/August 1992, pp. 72-75. (In Italian and English) 1993

"Ceci deviendra cela," Lotus 75, February 1993, p. 127. (essay) (English)

"Does The Sainsbury Wing Fly?" The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 1993, pp. 24-25. (Excerpts from Sainsbury Wing Pro Con panel of ICA exhibit, "On Architecture: An Installation by VSBA"

"J'Adore St. Paul's," Architectural Design Vol. 63, September-October 1993, pp. viii-xii.

"Nonstraightforward Architecture: A Gentle Manifesto," Architecture Culture 1943-1968: A Documentary Anthology, New York: The Trustees of Columbia University and Rizzoli International, 1993, p. 390. (Previously published in Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, pp. 22-23. Revised edition 1977. Originally published in "Complexity and Contradition in Architecture: Selections from a Forthcoming Book," Perspecta 9/10, 1965, p. 18, Les Années Pop, 2001 -see biblio A.

"Robert Venturi", Materia, February 1993, pp.12-17. (In Italian and English) (RV essay on Classicism)

"The Sixties Revisited," Architecture SA (Journal of the Institute of South African Architects), July + August, 1993, pp. 31-41, essay by RV on p. 34 in article by Ivor Prinsloo. 1994

"The Architecture World Pays Tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim," Guggenheim Magazine, Spring/Summer 1994, p. 7.

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"Cuckoo Clock," Alessi: The Design Factory (London: Academy Editions 1994) p. 95.

"Homage," Knoll Celebrates 75 Years of Bauhaus Design, 1919-1994. New York: The Knoll Group, 1994, p. 93.

Interview, Conforti, Claudia, "Venturi antieroe dell'abitare," L'Informazione [Rome], May 26, 1994, p. 17. (in Italian)

"Sweet and Sour," Architecture, May 1994, pp. 51-52. (A gentle manifesto regarding generic architecture and electronic iconography today, Reprinted & translated into French in L’ARCHITECTURE ET LA VILLE, Ecole D’Architecture, 2000) 1995

“The Architecture of the Window,” The Architecture of the Window, Tokyo: YKK Architectural Products Inc., 1995, pp. 235-243. (Essay discussing and illustrating RV’s approach to windows)

“Complessitá della memoria storica e dei significati nel contesto urbano,” paesaggio urbano, November, December 1995, pp.27-37. (Essay on the results of the “Planning Course” delivered by Jean Marc Lamunière- with RV’s cooperation at Penn, David Leatherbarrow participated as well. -in Italian)

Davies, Hugh, “A Conversation with Robert Venturi,” View, July, 1995, p. 6. (Interview with Robert Venturi about Irving Gill)

“Mals Mots: Aphorisms - Sweet and Sour - By an Anti-Hero Architect,” Grand Street, 1995, pp. 82-87. (RV Aphorisms) 1996

Colafranceschi, Daniela, Sull’Involucro in Architettura. Rome: Edizioni Librerie Dedalo, 1996. (chapter 6 is an interview with RV, in Italian)

De l’ambiguïté en Architecture, revised edition, Paris: Dunod, ©1976, 1996. (French)

“Design for the Museum of Contemporary Art, ” and “Interview with Robert Venturi,” Learning from La Jolla; Robert Venturi Remakes a Museum in the Precinct of Irving Gill. San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 1996, pp. 28-29; 31-45.

“Donald Drew Egbert,” Luminaries: Princeton Faculty Remembered, edited by Patricia H. Marks, Princeton: Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, 1996, pp. 82-85.

Garfield, Donald, “The Next Thing Now: Designing the 21st-Century Museum,” Museum News, Jan./Feb., 1996, pp. 43-45. (Interview with RV and DSB)

Iconography and Electronics Upon a Generic Architecture: A View from the Drafting Room, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1996. (Also published in Japanese)

“La Chiesa A Recoaro (The Church at Recoaro),” Edilizia Popolare 243, January/February 1996, pp. 22-25. (in Italian and English)

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Nesbitt, Kate, Ed., Theorizing A New Agenda for Architecture: An Anthology of 1965-1995, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996, pp. 74-78. (Republishing of “Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture: Selections from a forthcoming book,” Perspecta: The Yale Architectural Journal, 1966)

Strickland, Carol, “Iconoclastic Architects Catalyze Shift to More Populist Style,” The Christian Science Monitor, March 28, 1996, pp. 10-11. (Interview with RV, discusses Architecture and Society, illustrates San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art) 1997

“An Argument for a Generic Architecture Defined by Iconography and Electronics,” Dialogue, September 1997, pp.16-21.

“An Icon of Shelter,”ICON Thoughtstyle Magazine, October 1997, p.128.

“Hisao Kohyama,” Japan Architect, Vol. 26:2, Summer 1997, pp. 4-5.

Letter, Architectural Record, July 1997, p. 14. (on AIA gold medal)

“Preface,” Making a Modern Classic: The Architecture of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, by David B. Brownlee, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997, pp.12-13. (also 114,115,116 [photo],117)

“Robert Venturi,”(Eames Appreciation), A Legacy of Invention: The Work of Charles and Ray Eames, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997, p. 186. 1998

“Chaotic Integration and its Valid Aesthetic,” Materia No. 28, June 1998, pp. 6-11. (Nikko, “Two Naifs in Japan”)

“Learning from Aalto,” (Editorial), Casabella 658, July 1998, pp. 2-3.

“Learning from Commercial ,” Harvard Design Magazine, Winter/Spring 1998, pp. 14-15.

“Off Ramp,” Architecture, May 1998, p. 228.

“Our Best Main Streets,” (with Denise Scott Brown and ), Travel and Leisure, April 1998, pp. 105-107.

Slipek Jr., Edwin, “Architectural Guru,” Style Weekly, June 23, 1998, pp. 12-13. (interview with RV) 1999

“A Not so Gentle Manifesto,” Area, March/April 1999, pp. 4-7.

Campanelli, Alessandro Pergoli, “Interview with Robert Venturi,” AR, September- October 1999, pp. 35-40.

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Compejidad y Contradiccion en la Arquitectura 9th revised edition. New York: Museum of Modern Art, ©1972, 1999 9th ed.. (Spanish text)-

“The Influence of Charles and Ray Eames,” Unpublished, July 8, 1999.

“Letters: Campus Architecture,” Princeton Alumni Weekly, vol. 99, no. 17 July 7, 1999, p. 4. (letter-to-Editor in response to Catesby Leigh’s cover story [May 19] on post-war Princeton architecture. Section includes nine other letters and a response by Leigh.)

Malaparte A House Like Me, edited by Michael McDonough, New York, NY: Clarkson/Potter Publishers, 1999, p. 52. (The book is a collection of thoughts/statements on Casa Malaparte from various architects, writers, & artists, RV included)

“Robert Venturi - Iconography and Electronics,” Notes, 3/99, pp. 4-7, 34-36. (excerpts from Iconography and Electronics -- “A Happy Manifesto -- Sort Of” and “A Modest Manifesto”)

“Thoughts on the Architecture of the Scientific Workplace: Community, Change and Continuity,” The Architecture of Science. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999, pp. 385-398.

“Towards a Culturally Tolerant Architecture,” Domus 816, June 1999, pp. 4-6.

“Unpublished letter to David Owen,” June 8, 1999. (letter prompted by Alex Shear describing RV and DSB’s relationship with popular culture)

XY Dimensioni del disegno, Italy: Officina Edizioni, January-December 1999. (“Sweet and Sour” and “A Not So Gentle Manifesto” with other writings on RV published in this edition) 2000

“Introduction,” in: William L. Price: Arts and Crafts to Modern Design, by George E. Thomas. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2000, pp.xii-xiii.

L’ARCHITECTURE ET LA VILLE Mélanges offerts á Bernard Huet, Paris: École D’Architecture, 2000, pp.221-224. (French translation of “Sweet and Sour”, 1994 & an excerpt from DSB’s “Between Three Stools”, 1982)

Peterson, Charles E., Robert Smith Architect, Builder, Patriot 1722-1777, Philadelphia: The Athenæum of Philadelphia, 2000, VII. (RV wrote the Foreword)

“Viva for for our Age,” March 30, 2000. 2001

“The Art Museum as a setting for art as well as a setting as art,” Les Musées en Mutation, Paris: l’Imprimerie Rosa Bonheur, May 4 2001, pp. 21-28. (In English and French - transcript from a lecture that took place on November 18, 1999)

“A bas Postmodernism, Of Course,” Architecture, May 2001, pp. 154-157. (RV also on cover)

"A Definition of Architecture as Shelter with Decoration on It, and Another Plea for a Symbolism of the Ordinary in Architecture," Architecture and Urbanism (A+U), February 2001, pp.130-141. (Reprinted from January 1978).

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“From Tesserae to Pixels,” L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, March-April 2001, pp. 88-89. (Published in French & English - photos of Whitehall, Best Showroom, Frank G. Wells building, & Lewis-Thomas Lab - originally published in Iconography & Electronics)

Introduction to Taking Liberties, photography by David Graham, : Pond Press, 2001, p. II. 2002

“Fat News 30/5/02: Fat Design World Cup!” (RV quoted in newsletter: “Fat: Not boring, but in a good way” www.fat.co.uk)

Memphis: Kunst/Kitsch/Kult, Vienna: Designzone Looshaus, 2002, p. 19. (RV statement re: Memphis group’s phenomena - published in exhibition catalog, not part of the exhibit)

“San Gregorio Barbarigo chiesa manierista del XX secolo,” Giuseppe Vaccaro, Marco Mulazzani editor, Milan: Electa, May 2002, pp. 46-49. (Italian)

“The World Trade Center -- Hesitant Thoughts,” Metropolis, April 8, 2002. (Written in reaction to 9-11 - DSB contributed an article as well - only available online) http://www.metropolismag.com/html/wtc/wtc_robertventuri.html 2003

“And…,” Oscar Tusquets Blanca Enciclopædia, Juli Capella editor, Barcelona: Electa, 2003. (Statement from RV admiring Oscar Tusquets’s work)

Between Earth and Sky: The Work & Way of Working of Eero Saarinen, Brian Carter editor, Detroit: The , 2003, p. 17. (Statement from RV)

"Innen und auBen,” Architektur Theorie, Prof. Gerd De Bruyn, Ed., Basel, Switzerland: Birhauser, 2003. (Reprint of section from Complexity & Contradiction) (German translation)

“Grouchy Venturi,” Philadelphia Magazine, June 2003, p. 9. (Letter to the editor - in response to Sasha Issenberg’s May article)

“Learning from Brinck,” Everyday America: Cultural Landscape Studies after J.B.Jackson, Chris Wilson and Paul Groth, Eds., : University of California Press, 2003. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9405.html

Newell, Tracey, “Less is a bore,” Face-to-Face, London: London College of Printing, Spring 2003, pp. 6-9. (“Interviews with interesting even famous people, with students asking the questions” -- interview w/ RV) “The Philadelphia School,” The Philadelphia Architect, September 2003, p. 8. (Issue discusses the Philadelphia School -- article by DSB also included)

Postrel, Virginia, The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness, New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 2003, pp. 134, 136-137. (RV wrote comment for book jacket)

"Robert Venturi's Disorderly Ode," MetropolisMag.com, February 2003. (RV's "In Your Face" lecture text & images, given September 2001- only available online)

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“Senso Della Deroghe: progetto della Adler House nella Montagna sopra Williamstown, MA,” Topos e Progetto L’attesa, Gangemi Editore: Rome 2003, pp. 117 – 119. (Italian publication of RV writings of Adler House Design)

“Rome Once Again,” Continuità E Discontinuità: Vuoti urbani nel tessuto antico, Cristiana Bedoni, Gabriele Bellingeri, Federica Ottone, Carolina Vaccaro, Eds., Rome: Editrice Librere Dedalo, 2003. (Continuity and Discontinuity: Voids in the Urban Fabric - produced for the International Design Workshop Feb. - March 2001, University of Roma Tre)

“Who’s ‘for hire’?” The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 29, 2003, p. A10. (Editorial section re: Inga Saffron’s article on PAFA) 2004

“Architecture as Sign rather than Space, New Mannerism rather than Old Expressionism,” Part 1 of Architecture as Signs and Systems: for a Mannerist Time, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004, pp. 5-101.

“Back Cover comments,” Uncommon Places: the Complete Works (Steven Shore), New York: Aperture, 2004, Back Cover. (RV blurb of Stephen Shore’s photography)

“Disney Goes Pop,” Metropolis Magazine, April 2004. (“The authors of Learning from Las Vegas – early proponents of the bold and the garish– take a look at King Mickey’s latest resort,” RV&DSB wrote separate pieces)

“Monticello,” Nest, summer 2004, pp. 32-37. (Text by RV and Paolo Portoghesi) 2005

Owen, Josh, Big Ideas/Small Packages, Philadelphia: Woodsphere Publishing, 2005, p. iii. (Remarks by RV)

“What’s the Matter with Mannerism,” Architecture, May 2005, pp. 27, 28. (excerpt from RV, DSB’s ASSFMT)

“News to Me,” The Architect’s Newspaper, September 21, 2005, p. 2. (“Letters” section, appreciates the content of AN and will read it in the future)

“Opening Remarks By Robert Venturi: Ireland’s Preservation + Development Studio Project,” Home Fort Lauderdale, December 2005, pp. 99-101. (RV gives opening remarks for Kent State University’s studio project to connect old and new while preserving The Ireland Inn in Fort Lauderdale)

“Architecture as Paradox within the Urban Complex,” Oris, Volume 36, 2005, p. 124-139. (RV Lecture Held in Istanbul 5-30-05, Architecture where universality and multiculturalism are juxtaposed)

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2006

“Greetings,” in 40 Years of Architecture and Urban Design, Kim Soek Chul, Seoul: Hanssem Co., Ltd., 2006, p. 5. (RV contributes note to the book’s Foreword)

“To be or not to be…,” Indian Architect and Builder, September 6, 2006, pp. 74-5. (RV ponders on being labeled a radical)

“Viva Pugin!,” December 2006. (with Daniel Libeskind image from International Herald Tribune, November 28, 2006; RV compares Libeskind high-rise to VSBA’s high- rise: ‘decorate construction, don’t construct decoration!’) 2007

“Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture” [excerpts], in Essential Writings from Vitruvius to the Present: the Architecture Reader, ed. A. Krista Sykes, New York: George Braziller, Inc., pp. 188-197. (excerpts from C+C is chapter 21 of book)

“In His Own Words,” Ever Episcopal: the Campaign Newsletter, spring 2007, pp. 2, 6. (RV writes about designing Episcopal’s new chapel)

2008

“Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture,” (excerpted) in Architectural Theory, Volume II, An Anthology from 1871-2005, eds. Harry Francis Mallgrave and Christina Contandriopoulos, Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2008, pp. 384-86. (also includes excerpts of DSB and RV’s “On Ducks and Decoration,” DSB’s “Learning from Pop,” and Kenneth Frampton’s rebuttal to “Learning from Pop”; see also: Sections A, C, E)

“Context in Architectural Composition, Excerpts from M.F.A. Thesis, Princeton University, 1950,” in Gleiniger, Andrea and Georg Vrachliotis, eds., Complexity: Design Strategy and World View, Boston: Birkhäuser, 2008, pp. 13-22. (published in German and English; excerpts and images with new foreword)

Endorsement quote on homepage, www.zokazola.com, 2008 “Foreword,” in: Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer: The Work of Polhemus Savery DaSilva, ed. Michael J. Crosbie, Victoria, Australia: The Images Publishing Group, 2008, pp. 7, 255, 257. (RV Foreword, RV & DSB thanked in Acknowledgments, VRSB cited in John DaSilva’s bio; see also Section A. Excerpt from Foreword also appears as endorsement blurb in Polhemus, Peter, et al, Shingled Houses in the Summer Sun: The Work of Polhemus Savery DaSilva, Victoria, Australia: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, 2011, p. 116)

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“Mother’s House,” In: “20th Century Chestnut Hill: A self-guided tour of important 20th Century residences in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,” Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill Historical Society, 2008

“Robert Venturi Q&A,” Dwell, June 2008, p. 70. (Questions for RV in honor of his 83 birthday, photos of RV, LLV, Vanna Venturi and Brant houses)

“Viva Mannerism for Architectures for Our Age,” Log 13/14, 2008: 152-153 2009

“Architecture as Paradox within the Urban Complex,” in: Tongji Architecture Forum: Perspectives on Architectural Theories, Shanghai: Tongji University, 2009, pp. 299-316 (in Chinese) Knight, Christopher, “Architect Robert Venturi slams planned Barnes Foundation move,” Los Angeles Times, October 6, 2009; http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/10/architect-robert-venturi-slams- proposed-barnes-foundation-move.html (re letter from RV in support of keeping Barnes in Merion, not relocating to Center City Philadelphia; letter also included via link to pdf) “Nonstraightforward architecture: a gentle manifesto,” In: Komossa, Susanne, et al, eds., Color in Contemporary Architecture: Projects, Essays, Calendar, Manifestoes, Amsterdam: SUN Architecture Publishers, 2009, pp. 393-394 (reprinted from Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, 2nd ed., New York: MOMA, 1977) 2010

“Villa Savoye,” in: “The Big Architect’s Quiz,” ed. Sylvain Menétrey and Catherine Rüttimann, Dorade No. 2, Summer/Fall 2010, p.84 2011

“Architecture as Decorated Shelter,” in: David Goldblatt and Lee B. Brown, eds., Aesthetics: A reader in Philosophy of the Arts, 3rd ed., New York: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 130- 138 (reprinted from A View From the Campidoglio, by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown; P. Arnell, T. Bickford, and C. Bergart, Eds., Harper and Row, 1984, pp. 62-67)

Blanc, Françoise, “Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: Learning from Shanghai,” Architecture Aujourd’hui, No. 382, March-April 2011, pp. 16-43 (includes excerpts of DSB’s essay “Words About Architecture,” from Having Words [2009] and RV & DSB’s essay, “Two Naifs in Japan,” from Iconography and Electronics Upon a Generic Architecture [1996]) Endorsement blurb, in: Polhemus, Peter, et al, Shingled Houses in the Summer Sun: The Work of Polhemus Savery DaSilva, Victoria, Australia: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, 2011, p. 116 (excerpted from RV Foreword, in: Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer: The Work of Polhemus Savery DaSilva, ed. Michael J. Crosbie, Victoria, Australia: The Images Publishing Group, 2008) “A Tribute to Weld Coxe,” in: “A Tribute to Weld Coxe,” ed. Marjanne Pearson, Marketer, Vol. 30, No. 4, August 2011, p. 18 (also in Writings about VSBA)

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2012

Endorsement blurb, W. Barksdale Maynard, Princeton: America’s Campus, University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012 (see also Writings about VSBA)

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