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| | National Building Museum - News Releases - 2002 |
 | | These books set out many of the authors' most influential tenets: that architecture should be "non-straightforward," that "messy" and even "ordinary" buildings are often as interesting as the purist and monumental ones, and that architects should learn from and respect aspects of popular taste in design. |
 | | Venturi, principal in charge of architecture projects, and Scott Brown, in charge of urban planning and urban design projects, are frequent contributors of articles to professional and popular journals and books, and both have earned numerous academic and professional awards. |
 | | Venturi received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1991, and Scott Brown received the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, presented jointly by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects, in 1996. |
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