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 Essential Architecture- the North East

Vanna Venturi house

architect

Robert Venturi, Rauch & Assoc.

location

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA.

date

1962-64 (S:1962)

style

Postmodern

construction

stucco

type

House
 
 a: facade, photo D. Brownlee (U. Penn. slide coll.).
 
 b: oblique view of front, photo, J. Cohen.
  
 c: front corner, photo 1991, P. Behrens.
 
 e: window detail, photo D. Brownlee (U. Penn. slide coll.).
 
 f: rear, photo, M. Brack.
 
 g: interior, first floor, photo, M. Brack.
 
  h: rear upstairs room, photo, J. Cohen.
 

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