Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates

Tribute: John K. Rauch (1930–2022)

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:35:00 -0400

As a close collaborator of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Rauch helped change the course of 20th-century architecture.

View-Master: The World, As Seen by Denise Scott Brown

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0400

In the popular imagination, Denise Scott Brown is immortalized in a single image from 1966.

Denise Scott Brown & Robert Venturi Win 2016 AIA Gold Medal

Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:25:00 -0500

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced Denise Scott Brown and her husband and partner Robert Venturi as recipients of the 2016 AIA Gold Medal, the organization’s highest honor. Seattle’s LMN Architects received the Firm of the Year Award

Iconic Vanna Venturi House on the Market

Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:00:00 -0400

One of America’s most historically significant works of architecture is up for sale.

AIA Chooses Moshe Safdie Over Venturi Scott Brown for Gold Medal

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:00:00 -0500

“It’s not ripping my flesh off,” says Denise Scott Brown of the loss. Photo Venturi Scott Brown and Associates Denise Scott Brown in Las Vegas in 1968. There’s a long shadow hanging over the AIA Gold Medal for 2015. Yesterday, the institute announced that Moshe Safdie is next year’s winner—a surprise for those who were expecting Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown to get the prize. This was the first year Venturi and Scott Brown were jointly eligible because of a change in the rules to allow two architects to win the award together. That change was made in the

Denise Scott Brown Reflects on Petition and Career During Harvard Visit

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:00:00 -0400

In two public appearances, Scott Brown discussed the Pritzker petition, her firm's work, and her latest project—a book of her photographs. Denise Scott Brown did not pull any punches during two public appearances last week at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she staunchly defended her contributions—both built and theoretical—to the architecture and planning professions over the course of a prolific career spanning more than half a century. “The sexism I discovered rose to exponential heights when Bob [Venturi] and I married,” Scott Brown, recalling the early critics who accused her of leeching off her husband, told a largely

Harvard Students Fire Back At Pritzker Jury's Response to Denise Scott Brown Petition

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:00:00 -0400

The Harvard Graduate School of Design students behind the Denise Scott Brown petition are not taking no for an answer.

Second Time Around: Will Denise Scott Brown Get Her Pritzker?

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0400

As of today, 9,300 people had signed an online petition demanding that Denise Scott Brown be given a retroactive Pritzker Architecture Prize as the equal partner and collaborator of her husband, Robert Venturi, who won the prize in 1991.

The Women Behind the Denise Scott Brown Petition

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Two Harvard design students are rallying to correct a conspicuous omission from the list of Pritzker Prize winners.

Newsmakers: Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, founders of the eminent Philadelphia firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, announced on Monday that they have passed the baton to president and principal Daniel K. McCoubrey and principal Nancy Rogo Trainer. Under McCoubrey's and Trainer's leadership, the firm is now known as VSBA. Scott Brown spoke with Architectural Record about the long-planned transition, her continued writing and research, and Venturi's retirement. Daniel McCoubrey and his team at VSBA completed the renovations and additions to Pennsylvania's Allentown Art Museum in 2012. Even logical transitions often come as a surprise. Take the news that the

Venturi, Scott Brown Designs Decorated Shed for Lincoln Highway

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates recently completed schematic design for the Lincoln Highway Experience, a new museum and visitors center that will celebrate the first road in the U.S. that stretched from coast to coast.

Venturi's Lieb House Relocated By Boat

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Several of Robert Venturi’s houses, like the Trubeck and Wislocki Houses in Nantucket, have sat near the water.

Filmmaker Son of Scott Brown and Venturi to Set Record Straight?

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0400

In what is a tribute honoring his parent’s intellectual rigor and legacy, Jim Venturi, the 36-year-old son of Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, is producing and directing a film about the highly regarded yet sometimes misunderstood architects.