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Venturi

American  
[ven-toor-ee] / vɛnˈtʊər i /

noun

  1. Robert Charles, 1925–2018, U.S. architect.


Venturi British  
/ vɛnˈtjʊərɪ /

noun

  1. Robert. born 1925, US architect, a pioneer of the postmodernist style. His writings include Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)

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His buildings are not instantly recognizable as the product of his hand, as are those of, say, Frank Gehry or Robert Venturi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The Columbus Occupational Health Center, completed in 1973 in Columbus, Indiana — a city bearing architectural gems from the likes of Eero Saarinen, Robert Venturi and I.M.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

That’s the second-best 36-hole score by an amateur at the Masters behind only Ken Venturi, who was one better in 1956.

From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2023

The real surprise was who was chasing him — Bennett, the Texas A&M senior, who had another 68 and posted the lowest 36-hole score at the Masters by an amateur since Ken Venturi in 1956.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

By Venturi he is called Bonifazio de Fieschi, a Genoese, by Vellutello, the son of the above, mentioned Ubaldini and by Laudino Francioso, a Frenchman. v.

From Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete by Cary, Henry Francis