| Robert Venturi AKA Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. Born: 25-Jun-1925
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 18-Sep-2018
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
Gender: Male
Religion: Quaker
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Architect
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Postmodernist architect Father: Robert Charles Venturi
Mother: Vanna Luizi
Wife: Denise Scott Brown (architect, m. 1967, until his death, one son)
Son: James
High School: Episcopal Academy, Merion, PA
University: Princeton University (1947)
University: MFA, School of Architecture, Princeton University (1947-50)
Conservatory: American Academy, Rome (1954-56)
Bill Bradley for President
EMILY's List
Nader 2000
Obama for Illinois
American Academy of Arts and Letters 1990
American Institute of Architects 1978
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Pritzker Prize 1991
National Medal of Arts 1992
Author of books:
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966, architecture)
Learning from Las Vegas (1972, architecture, with Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour)
Iconography and Electronics upon a Generic Architecture: A View from the Drafting Room (1998, architecture)
Architecture as Signs and Symbols (2004, architecture, with Denise Scott Brown)
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