Denise Scott Brown is best known as part of one of the most acclaimed architectural partnerships in modern architectural history, Denise Scott Brown & Robert Venturi. Together with Venturi, she ran the firm Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates (VSBA). Their architectural and urban planning designs, theories and publications caused a revolution in the world of architecture. Their most famous theoretical work, co-authored with Steven Izenour, Learning from Las Vegas , became a global phenomenon that marked the 20th century. Scott Brown & Venturi were also a married couple. However, in the traditional male-dominated architectural world, men were automatically put in leadership positions while the role of women was always underplayed, although they worked in equal partnership and made the same contribution. The role of Denise Scott Brown in joint projects, in the eyes of the public, was for decades diminished, while Venturi was brought to the forefront and celebrated as a genius. She never received due recognition for her work.

This book is entirely dedicated to Denise Scott Brown and gives her the credit she deserves. It informs readers about her life, analyzes her projects in both architecture and urban planning, and offers a better understanding of her theories. The seven chapters provide a comprehensive insight into the world of legendary Denise and complete the knowledge necessary to understand her as a true and authentic diva of architecture, an innovative urban planner, theorist and passionate professor. Chapter 8 is a comprehensive conclusion that rounds off the monograph through a shorter review of numerous topics covered in the previous chapters. At the very beginning of the book is a letter that Denise wrote to the author. Her words are an authentic testimony of her life after 1967. The book is richly illustrated with a total of 274 photographs, urban planning layouts and various project illustrations.

Analyzes the life and work of a woman who changed the view of architecture and urbanism Provides insight into the theoretical thinking of the legendary Denise Scott Brown Focuses on her campus planning, mapping, and large design projects

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Dr Biljana Arandelovic is Assistant Professor in the History and Theory of Art and Architecture and a visual artist. She holds a PhD in Technical Science in architecture from TU Graz (2008) and was a Postdoc Research Fellow at UdK Berlin at the Institute for History and Theory of Design (2011/2012). She was also a visiting researcher at ASK Centre for Research on Management and Economics of Arts and Culture Institutions at Bocconi University (2016). Arandelovic is a researcher in the national scientific project The optimization of architectural and urban planning and design in the sustainable development in Serbia. The main focus in Arandelovic's research is the theory of contemporary cities and Art in Public Space. Since 2009, she has been teaching Contemporary Architecture, Art and architecture and Serbian Architecture in the 20th century at Ni University. She has taught at the Faculty of Applied Arts at the University of Arts Belgrade (2017), atthe Department of Architecture, Unitec Institute of Technology (2012) (Auckland, New Zealand) and at the Art and the City summer schools in Vienna and Graz (2013/2015) where was also a program director. Arandelovic is the author of the two books: Public Art and Urban Memorials in Berlin (Springer) and Visual Impressions: Architecture and Public Art in Graz (Leykam). Since 2005 she has worked as a visual artist, and was represented by Marion Fischer art moments Gallery (2005/2011), where she had solo exhibitions in Graz. Arandelovic uses photography as an addition to her primary practice of painting. Additionally, her work embraces urban photography in parallel with her research of contemporary cities. Dr Milena Vukmirovic is Assistant Professor in the Planning and Design department within the Department of Landscape architecture at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade. Milena is also a Research Associate at Urban Laboratory in Belgrade. From 2015 to2019 she was an adviser to the Director of Urban Planning of the City of Belgrade in the domain of public space design. Her research is focused on the relationship between the quality of public spaces and the competitiveness of cities in the built and natural environment. She is founder of CSO 5km/h, which aims to promote walking as a sustainable mode of transport, co-founder of the Urban Laboratory Belgrade professional association, and co-founder and executive coordinator of the International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies. She is currently engaged in the national research project Modernization of the Western Balkans and, and is an external associate in the international projects DANUrB and CLEVER city.

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Denis Scott Brown Introduction.- Chapter 2 Life and Influences.- Chapter 3: Denise Scott Brown: Teacher.- Chapter 4 Denise Scott Brown: Writer and Theorist.- Chapter 6 Denise Scott Brown: Architect.- Chapter 7 Denise Scott Brown: Photographer.- Chapter 8 Denise Scott Brown: Ahead of Her and Our Time. The Vision that Never Ends.