21), 1992, pp.24-29. Robert Venturiâs house for his mother has come to define the Postmodern style of architecture. The Vanna Venturi House, referred to by the architect as âmy motherâs houseâ, took more than six years to design and marked the beginning of his break with the Modernist movement. Others include The Glass House and the Eames House and the Gehry House, projects that also serve as their architectsâ built manifestoes. It was built by Vanna Venturi, the author's mother, who commissioned the project in 1962. The Vanna Venturi House, which was built for Robert's mother in Chestnut Hill, PA, in 1964. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Please note the adorably asymmetrical chimney in ⦠The Vanna Venturi House is a compelling example of an eclectic design that brings together a great number of seemingly contradictory elements to achieve a rich visual whole that remains aesthetically, not to mention culturally and psychologically, interesting and relevant half a century after it was built. The Vanna Venturi House, although being one of his first constructions, soon became a platform from which Venturi reached an international acclaim. (The Library of Congress) Take Mothersâ House, aka the Vanna Venturi House (which has recently been placed on the market). Reference for Vanna Venturi House: (Venturi)âVenturi Scott Brown & Associates, on houses and housing (Architectural Monographs No. Robert Venturi designed this the Modern Movement, ques-house for his mother. Photographed by Carol M. Highsmith. Venturi first demonstrated the rich possibilities of POMO in designing his motherâs house in Philadelphiaâa project that he labored over for six years. Vanna Venturi House, 1964. Newly widowed at 76, Vanna ⦠Robert Venturi's Vanna House boldly broke away from the steel and glass rectangular box. Vanna Venturi House; Philadelphia (1964) won the AIA Twenty-five Year Award and was recognized as a "Masterwork of Modern American Architecture" by the United States Postal Service in May 2005. Hereâs a building modest in scale with an outsized reputation, a manifesto for Post Modernism. The site of the Vanna Venturi House is flat. In 1989 the house was awarded the Twenty-five Year Award. Vanna Venturi's house is one of the first works by the American architect Robert Venturi, with whom he quickly gained international recognition. Vanna Venturi House. The eye is fascinated wit the off-center chimney top, asymmetric window arrangement, and the presence of a rectangular void that seems to be punched through the cente⦠It was built tioned them, and rebelled. The Vanna Venturi House is one of a short list of private homes to be awarded the 25-Year Award from the American Institute of Architects (the gold standard of architecture awards). Vanna Venturi House, by Robert Venturi, at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1962 #1962 #arch #Chestnut_Hill #chimney #facade #gable #House #manor_house #Palladian_plan #Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #Robert_Venturi #Shingle_Style