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Vanna Venturi House

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Architecture · 1962–1964 · Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia · Americas

A split gable and fake arch on its facade make it the first postmodern building

Vanna Venturi House
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Author
Robert Venturi
Style
Postmodernism — Irony and quotation instead of one truth: columns, pediments and games with the viewer
Century
20th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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