Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture

By:

Venturi, Robert

Contributor(s):

Brown, D. Scott [Co-author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: . Thames and Hudson 1999Description: 352p. 8.98 x 1.18 x 10 inchesISBN:

9780870702822

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

ARCH VEN

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