First published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture, Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture. Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture was the winner of the Classic Book Award at the AIA's Seventh Annual International Architecture Book Awards. Format Paperback | 144 pages Dimensions 216 x 279 x 10.16mm | 590g Publication date 02 Jul 2002 Publisher Museum of Modern Art Publication City/Country New York, United States Language English Edition Statement 2nd Revised ed. Illustrations note 350 Illustrations, black and white ISBN10 0870702823 ISBN13 9780870702822