Venturi Lessons of Las Vegas. The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form

In the autumn of 1968, thirteen students and three professors from Yale University embarked on an expedition to Las Vegas - the world capital of vulgarity and bad taste, a nightmare for architects of that time - a time of... strict and concise architectural forms, social ambitions, and the high mission of the architectural profession. The results of a modest student study were summarized in the work "Lessons of Las Vegas." This book is a new edition of a classic work that became the main manifesto of postmodernism. "Lessons of Las Vegas" rehabilitated ugly and mediocre architecture and forever changed the perceptions of beauty and functionality in urban space.