A lyrical memoir by one of the major figures of postmodernist architecture; with drawings of architectural projects prepared especially for the book.
This revealing memoir by Aldo Rossi (1937–1997), one of the most visible and controversial figures ever on the international architecture scene, intermingles discussions of Rossi's architectural projects―including the major literary and artistic influences on his work―with his personal history. Drawn from notebooks Rossi kept beginning in 1971, these ruminations and reflections range from his obsession with theater to his concept of architecture as ritual.

A Scientific Autobiography, reissue (Oppositions Books)

Biographies & Memoirs

Rossi, Aldo

Arts & Literature

MIT Press]

Postscript by Vincent Scully Based on notebooks composed since 1971, Aldo Rossi's memoir intermingles his architectural projects, including discussion of the major literary and artistic influences on his work, with his personal history. His ruminations range from his obsession with theater to his concept of architecture as ritual. The illustrations—photographs, evocative images, as well as a set of drawings of Rossi's major architectural projects prepared particularly for this publication—were personally selected by the author to augment the text.

A Scientific Autobiography (English and Italian Edition)

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Mit Pr

Aldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, is also one of the most influential theorists writing today. 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.

The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books)

The MIT Press

One of the most influential architects of the postwar era, Aldo Rossi has enriched the world of design and architecture with his imaginative ideas, his people-friendly buildings, and his dedication to teaching. Capturing the essence of Rossi's multidisciplinary approach are his exquisite drawings. From his treatise The Architecture of the City (1966) and his seminal Cemetery of San Cataldo (1971) to his popular Hotel II Palazzo in Fukuoka (1987) and a public housing project in Berlin (1992-98), his paper explorations and renderings have been an integral part of his creative process and a key to understanding the meaning behind his architecture. This delightful volume collects over two hundred of Rossi's most recent and largely unpublished drawings, executed between 1991 and his tragic death in 1997. From his musings on Casa Alessi (1989-94) to more ambitious projects for the Walt Disney Corporation (1996), each drawing conveys the individuality and idiosyncrasy of a master at work. It is too easy to describe these personal and exuberant images as works of art, for they are much more: documents, records, visions, and illuminations of a master at work. 226 illustrations, 191 in color.

Aldo Rossi: The Sketchbooks 1990-97

PORTOGHESI, Paolo

Tadini, Michele

Scheurer, Massimo

Thames&Hudson

Aldo Rossi verfolgte in seiner 1966 erschienen Publikation L'Architecttura della Città die städtebauliche Entstehung und Entwicklung der großen europäischen Metropolen und legte damit seine Theorie zum Umgang mit den historisch gewachsenen Strukturen dar. Die 1973 in der Reihe der Bauwelt Fundamente erstmals erschienene deutsche Ausgabe gehört bis heute zur Pflichtlektüre für Studierende, Architekten und an der Architektur Interessierte.

Die Architektur der Stadt: Skizzen zu einer grundlegenden Theorie des Urbanen (Bauwelt Fundamente, 41) (German Edition)

Birkhauser

Rossi's urban theory of "collective memory" interpreted through 23 architectural projects The great Italian architect, designer, theorist and printmaker Aldo Rossi (1931-97) galvanized the postmodernist architectural movement in the middle of the 20th century with his unique synthesis of influences such as Adolf Loos, Giorgio de Chirico and Soviet architecture. From his publication Architecture of the City (1966) to his 1976 exhibition Analogous City, Rossi spent a decade developing a theory of urban design that focused on the "collective memory" of a city as an essential element of its urban planning and gave consideration to how buildings and urban areas age over time. Here, Rossi's theory is applied to his own works from that period, both built and unbuilt, in a careful selection of 23 projects that express this memory-based paradigm of civic existence and construction. Aldo Rossi: The Urban Fact thus unifies Rossi's theory and practice, demonstrating the visionary dimension driving his singular brand of postmodernism.

Aldo Rossi: The Urban Fact: A Reference Book on Aldo Rossi

Walther König, Köln

La ciudad análoga y otros escritos (Arquitectura/perspectivas) (Spanish Edition)

Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.L.

La Arquitectura de La Ciudad

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

La arquitectura de la ciudad (Spanish Edition)

Editorial GG

En 1966 se publicaron dos libros clave para la arquitectura contemporánea: Complejidad y contradicción en la arquitectura de Robert Venturi y La arquitectura de la ciudad de Aldo Rossi. En su libro más importante, Rossi dio un giro copernicano a la concepción de la ciudad que ha marcado la reflexión arquitectónica hasta nuestros días.No obstante, las inquietudes de Rossi en ese período no se redujeron a lo que él denominó la "ciencia urbana", sino que intentó armar también una teoría aplicada al proyecto de arquitectura. El presente volumen rescata tres ensayos breves de Rossi en los que explica una posible teoría del proyecto arquitectónico. Una ocasión única para redescubrir la iluminadora mirada de uno de los grandes arquitectos de la segunda mitad del siglo XX.

Posicionamientos (Spanish Edition)

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