Robert Venturi Biography

Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. was an American architect and founding principal of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, a major figure in twentieth-century architectural thought. Alongside his wife and partner, Denise Scott Brown, he profoundly shaped how architects, planners, and students perceive and engage with architecture and the American built environment. Their buildings, planning projects, theoretical writings, and teaching expanded the discourse surrounding architecture. Venturi is also recognized for coining the maxim "Less is a bore," a postmodern counterpoint to Mies van der Rohe's iconic modernist dictum "Less is more."