New Dumbarton library: Venturi's way.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ARCHITECTURE)

The Washington Times | March 18, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: Deborah K. Dietsch , SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

At long last, Washington has a building by the brilliant Robert Ven- turi. The new research library at Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown bears all the hallmarks of the Venturi style: a deep understanding of history and context and a gentle tweaking of tradition.

The Pritzker Prize-winning architect and his wife, Denise Scott Brown, who head the Philadelphia firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, have previously designed projects in Washington that have been rejected or compromised. They include ...

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