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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Venturi led through three rounds before an 80 on Sunday left him one shot back of winner Jack Burke Jr.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

That creates a Venturi effect, squeezing the wind into a narrow passage and speeding it up, the equivalent of sticking your thumb across the end of a hose.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Why they gave the appellation of Diana to the imagined stream, Venturi says he leaves it to the antiquaries of Sienna to conjecture.

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

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