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Overview

Las Vegas, LA, Levittown, Westheimer Strip, golf courses, TV ads, and Route 66 are among the sources of a change in architectural sensibilities. The new sources come into play when old forms become obsolete and there's no clear exit in sight. If architects of style don't produce what people want and need, who is and what can we learn from them?

Author Biography

Denise Scott Brown is an architect. She co-founded Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates together with Robert Venturi, and directs the firm's planning projects. She has taught courses at the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Rice, Yale, and Harvard. Her books include Urban Concepts and Architecture as Signs and Systems for a Mannerist Time.