VSBA Bibliography – Writings by Robert Venturi 1950 “Context in Architectural Composition: M.F.A. Thesis, Princeton University,” in Iconography and Electronics upon a Generic Architecture. 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 Pennsylvania 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: Museum of Modern Art 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. B - 1 VSBA Bibliography – Writings by Robert Venturi 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 Las Vegas," 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 (Unpublished) 1976 "Alvar Aalto," arkkitehti, July-August 1976, pp. 66-67.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: 'Philadelphia: 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. B - 2 VSBA Bibliography – Writings by Robert Venturi 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. B - 3 VSBA Bibliography – Writings by Robert Venturi "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 Knoll Showroom) 1981 "Eero Saarinen," 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. Vanna Venturi House, 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 London: Academy Editions, 1986; in Arkitekten, May 1988, pp. 234-240. (The 1982 Walter Gropius lecture, Harvard University) (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 Architect, 1987, pp. 206-208.) Preface to Uncommon Places, by Stephen Shore, New York: Aperture, 1982 (back of book jacket). (Photography) B - 4 VSBA Bibliography – Writings by Robert Venturi 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 Modernism,” 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 architects 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,"