Neo-Rationalism : La Tendenza, Italia - Contemporary Architecture
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born 1931; died 1997
Italian architect + theoretician
Famous for rationalist buildings influenced by Adolf Loos & Giorgio De Chirico,
and for promoting issues re urbanism & memory
Aldo Rossi was born in Milan, Italy
founder of Neo-Rationalist movement : La Tendenza
Key buildings, alphabetical:
Ca' di Cozzi, Verona, Italy
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Gallaratese Quarter II, Milano, Italy
1974
Aldo Rossi with Carlo Aymonino
Hotel Il Palazzo, Fukuoka, Japan
1987
IBA Housing, Rauchstrasse, Berlin, Germany
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National Opera House, Genoa, Italy
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Quartier Schützenstrasse, Berlin, Germany
1994-98
San Cataldo Cemetery, Modena, Italy
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Aldo Rossi project
Teatro del Mondo - floating stage, Venice Biennale
1979
Aldo Rossi : Pritzker Prize for Architecture 1990
Education
Graduated Milan Politecnico 1959
Books
The Architecture of the City - L'Architettura della citta
1966
A Scientific Autobiography
1981
Casabella-Continuita magazine editor 1961-64
Teaching
Milan Politecnico, Italy
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
New York Cooper Union, USA
Instituto Universitario di Architettura Venezio, Italy
Architects linked to Aldo Rossi
Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
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Aldo Rossi : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
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