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Denise Scott Brown

Born

in Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, Zambia

October 03, 1931

Website

http://www.vsba.com/

Genre

Art, Architecture and Urbanism

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Denise Scott Brown ( Lakofski) is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are regarded among the most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through their architecture and planning, and theoretical writing and teaching.
In 1972, with Venturi and Steven Izenour, Scott Brown wrote Learning From Las Vegas: the Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form. The book published studies of the Las Vegas Strip, undertaken with students in a research studio Scott Brown taught with Venturi in 1970 at Yale's School of Architecture and Planning. The book joined Venturi's previous Complexity a ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 2,730 ratings · 130 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	Having Words 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture" it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aprendiendo del pop 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1971	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Urban Concepts: Rise and Fall of Community Architecture it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Soane to the Strip: Soane Medal Lecture 2018 by Denise Scott Brown, Thomas Weaver it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Having Words by Denise Scott Brown (2009-05-01) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Form, forces and functions in Santa Monica 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The meaningful city 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Denise Scott Brown: The Architect's Album 02 / L'àlbum de l'arquitecte 02 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can have mythic allusions in houses with flat roofs, and you can also play on the roof.”
― Denise Scott Brown, Architecture as Signs and Systems: For a Mannerist Time

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“Basically, the idea is that with everyone striving to be revolutionary, you will be the most revolutionary if you try to be ordinary.”
― Denise Scott Brown

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“The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner.”
― Denise Scott Brown, Architecture Words 4: Having Words

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