A Scientific Autobiography
- 119 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Available again, a lyrical memoir by one of the major figures of postmodernist architecture; with drawings of architectural projects prepared especially for the book.
Aldo Rossi Book order
May 3, 1931 – September 4, 1997
Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition across theory, drawing, architecture, and product design. He was celebrated as a poet whose medium happened to be architecture, infusing his work with a distinctive theoretical and artistic depth. Rossi's approach deeply explored the essence of architecture and its role in the urban landscape. His legacy continues to influence architectural thought and practice worldwide.
- 2010
- 1994
This architectural monograph provides a critical study of Aldo Rossi, a leading Italian architect and one of the most successful architects of the post-modernist period. An historical analysis of Rossi's work is presented as the author explores the source material, and projects and buildings of the period 1965-1992 are examined. The book is illustrated throughout and includes a reappraisal of nine recent projects.
- 1984
Oppositions Books: The Architecture of the City
- 202 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza and one of the most influential theorists of the twentieth century. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the Modern Movement, in part an attempt to restore the craft of architecture to its position as the only valid object of architectural study, and in part an analysis of the rules and forms of the city's construction, the book has become immensely popular among architects and design students.
