Venturi, Robert Charles (1925– )
US architect. He pioneered postmodernism through his books Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1967), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1991, and Learning from Las Vegas (1972). He designed the Sainsbury Wing extension to the National Gallery, London, which opened in 1991.
He is famous for his slogan ‘Less is a bore’, countering German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's ‘Less is more’. Other works include Guild House (1963), in his native Philadelphia, and the Seattle Art Museum (1985), as well as buildings for several US universities.
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