Architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s provocative book Learning from Las Vegas, published in 1972, considers the role of architecture in the popular imagination of Las Vegas as a city of escapist dreams, spectacular night time illumination and pop culture entertainment on a grand scale.
The exhibition showcases the research put into producing the book, including mapping surveys, hundreds of photographs, and films of the urban landscape from a moving car and helicopter. Experimenting with new ways to render and explain contemporary American urban experience, their study of the strip city became one of the most influential and controversial books in 20th Century architecture. Its legacy continues to both inspire and challenge today.
Gold Coast City Gallery
Until 11 August, 2013
Queensland
Denise Scott Brown, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, 1966
Courtesy Museum im Bellpark Kriens