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Denise Scott Brown: Architect

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Denise Scott Brown

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The projects of the firm that Scott Brown led with Venturi ranged from small-scale decorative arts to regional planning, but are best known for their public and institutional buildings and complexes. Common to all their architectural projects is an urbanistic approach to architecture and observation of the interior through internal streets. The architectural projects designed jointly by Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi are closely related to their theoretical thinking. Their work has changed the course of modern architecture. Although they were complementary as a creative team and they functioned perfectly as a duo, the greatest credit has always been given to Venturi. The first part of this chapter gives an analytical report of Denise Scott Brown’s architectural vision, mannerism, functionalism and symbolism. Scott Brown changed the method of architectural research and expanded the disciplines used in design analysis, in order to find the most functionally favorable solution. Denise is a fighter against the banality of form. The main goal that she set for herself as an architect was to make buildings primarily useful and then aesthetically beautiful. This was the priority of her design, regardless of the size of the building or the program that its function was supposed to fulfill. The chapter DENISE SCOTT BROWN: ARCHITECT presents some of the selected architectural projects that Scott Brown and Venturi designed as equal partners: Philadelphia Orchestra Hall, The Whitehall Ferry Terminal, The Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London, The Provincial Capitol Building, Département de la Haute-Garônne, Toulouse, and The Mielparque Nikko Kirifuri Resort in Japan.

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Arandelovic, B. (2023). Denise Scott Brown: Architect. In: Denise Scott Brown. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36781-6_6

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