The terms �duck� and �decorated shed� were codified in the 1972 book learning from las vegas by robert venturi, his wife denise scott brown, and their friend steven izenour. the book argues that there are two distinctly different types of buildings and that all buildings can be classified as one or the other.. As vinegar writes, �together the duck and the decorated shed are entwined as a figure of attempting to overcome [others�] skepticism.� john hill, a new york city�based architect and writer, blogs at a daily dose of architecture (archidose.blogspot.com).. "duck and decorated shed, venturi, and scott brown, izenour - ducks are a type of architecture in which the form and function of a building are the same, while decorated sheds require a sign to indicate the building's function.".
Ducks vs decorated sheds the rubber duck, by florentijn hofman , meant to help spread joy around the world by evoking childhood memories. when i started designing for the web you couldn�t do a. His theory of the duck and decorated shed is very valid. the duck form does its function well, very straightforwardly tells you that the construction involves ducks or more frankly sells ducks. whereas, in the case of the decorated shed, we cannot visualize its function from looking at the building alone.. Later in the book, venturi introduces a dichotomy that was new to me, the duck and the decorated shed, to compare and contrast the modern architects against the more conventional architects. 1. where the architectural systems of space, structure, and program are submerged and distorted by an overall symbolic form..
