Duck Decorated Shed Architecture

The book coined the terms "duck" and "decorated shed," descriptions of the two predominant ways of embodying iconography in buildings. the work of venturi, scott brown, and john rauch adopted the latter strategy, producing formally simple "decorated sheds" with rich, complex, and often shocking ornamental flourishes. venturi and his wife co. The ironic thing about the idea for the "duck and the decorated shed," is the fact that the group of robert venturi, denise scott brown, and steven izenour admit to an ulterior motive of its invention.they start by telling us a simple known fact that architects as a rule, tend to philosophize and write in order to justify their own work.. "duck and decorated shed, venturi, and scott brown, izenour - ducks are a type of architecture in which the form and function of a building are the same, while decorated sheds require a sign to indicate the building's function.".

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Lessons from sin city: the architecture of "ducks" versus

Slightly esoteric categorizations, but when understood, can really shed light on the candor and integrity of a piece of architecture. the terms �duck� and �decorated shed� were codified in the 1972 book learning from las vegas by robert venturi, his wife denise scott brown, and their friend steven izenour.. This venturi basically concludes that all architecture is either a �duck� or a �decorated shed�. according to venturi, most modern architecture are basically unadmitted ducks, what he calls "old words with new meanings".. The big duck was built in the 1930�s and sacrifices interior space for the exterior fa