Venturi

[ ven-toor-ee ]

noun

1. Robert Charles, 1925–2018, U.S. architect.

Venturi

/ vɛnˈtjʊərɪ /

noun

1. VenturiRobert1925MUSARCHITECTURE: architect Robert. born 1925, US architect, a pioneer of the postmodernist style. His writings include Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)

Example Sentences

The opposite of a duck, according to Venturi and Scott Brown, was a “decorated shed,” a basic, functional building with a sign on it.

From Washington Post

Scott Brown adds that the politics she and Venturi shared were points of contention as well.

From The Daily Beast

Venturi and Scott Brown revisited Las Vegas in 1997 and again last year.

From The Daily Beast

The air opening is at the bottom, and the throttle opening is such that a modified venturi is formed.

From Project Gutenberg

Whistler told us that Madame Venturi, a friend of Carlyle's, determined that he too should be painted.

From Project Gutenberg

This, indeed, is the Credo of the eugenist: Expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, et vitam venturi saeculi.

From Project Gutenberg

The Kern burner, for example, employs the principle of the Venturi tube.

From Project Gutenberg

Venturi meter, the recording apparatus being in the house on the side of the road.

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