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Last spring, the University hired the Philadelphia-based architectural firm Venturi Rauch and Scott Brown to assess the feasibility of renovating Memorial Hall...
...kiosk's architect, Robert Venturi, who heads the presitigious Philadelphia firm of Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown, said he was disappointed by unfavorable student reaction to the kiosk. The structure "should not be criticized the way it is," he said. "The students should note that architecture as opposed to building inevitably costs more. We have been working very hard and very furiously to give Princeton a useful and decent booth," he said...
...grade school, the present Los Angeles Rams coach John Robinson, young Madden tried the pool halls and bowling alleys before settling on the caddie house as his preferred den of iniquity. There he learned about shuffling cards, pitching nickels and living life. He recalls, "I shagged balls for Ken Venturi," who would win the U.S. Open and end up a CBS commentator. Among Madden's less renowned golfing clients, all highly successful men, he could discern only one sure denominator: college...
...proportioned and handsome set of viewing rooms with a crisply formal yet amusing exterior, highlighted by a cutaway pediment entrance. As for the National Gallery, after several abortive efforts, including the "carbuncle" debacle, it has settled for restraint: a safe, classically modern stone-faced design by American Architect Robert Venturi for its much needed $63 million extension...
Buildings like the Clore Gallery and Venturi's addition, which contrast but do not clash with their neighbors, are hopeful auguries for the London skyline. This may be the computer age, but, as Prince Charles says, why do people have to be surrounded by "buildings that look like such machines?" The answer, as Londoners may be starting to realize, is that they...