Ornaments are symbols that encode values. I was surprised they didn't include Venturi's "ducks vs. decorated sheds," assessment of ornamentation. (https://99pe

Ornaments are symbols that encode values. I was surprised they didn't include Venturi's "ducks vs. decorated sheds," assessment of ornamentation. (https://99percentinvisible.org/article/lessons-sin-city-architecture-ducks-versus-decorated-sheds/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/lessons-sin-city-arch...) The idea is that an unornamented building is just a single (arguably vulgar) symbol intended to represent something else. The example is a building shaped like a rubber duck. A decorated shed is a building with a purpose and then ornamented symbols attached to it to integrate it into its environment.