Aldo Rossi and Milan
by Alberto Ferlenga, Massimo Ferrari and Claudia Tinazzi / English text
Aldo Rossi (1931-1997)
He graduated from Milan Polytechnic and is appointed lecturer in 1959. He was an assistant in the offices of Ignazio Gardella and Marco Zanuso, taught with Ludovico Quaroni at Scuola Urbanistica in Arezzo and with Carlo Aymonino at IUAV in Venice. In time, he also worked with American universities, including Cooper Union and the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York, Harvard, and Yale. His earliest built projects in Italy include the extension of De Amicis school in Broni (1970), a residential unit in the Gallaratese neighbourhood of Milan (1973), the San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena (1978), and Teatro del Mondo in Venice (1979). At the same time, his fame spread abroad with projects in Europe, Asia, and America. He contributed to reviews such as “Casabella Continuità”, wrote The Architecture of the City (1966) and A Scientific Autobiography (1984), as well as direct the International Section of Architecture at the Milan Triennale (1973) and the Architecture Section at the Venice Biennale (1983). He was nominated Accademico di San Luca in 1979, awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1990, and the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture in 1991.
in reprint / available from January 2022
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Aldo Rossi (1931-1997)
He graduated from Milan Polytechnic and is appointed lecturer in 1959. He was an assistant in the offices of Ignazio Gardella and Marco Zanuso, taught with Ludovico Quaroni at Scuola Urbanistica in Arezzo and with Carlo Aymonino at IUAV in Venice. In time, he also worked with American universities, including Cooper Union and the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York, Harvard, and Yale. His earliest built projects in Italy include the extension of De Amicis school in Broni (1970), a residential unit in the Gallaratese neighbourhood of Milan (1973), the San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena (1978), and Teatro del Mondo in Venice (1979). At the same time, his fame spread abroad with projects in Europe, Asia, and America. He contributed to reviews such as “Casabella Continuità”, wrote The Architecture of the City (1966) and A Scientific Autobiography (1984), as well as direct the International Section of Architecture at the Milan Triennale (1973) and the Architecture Section at the Venice Biennale (1983). He was nominated Accademico di San Luca in 1979, awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1990, and the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture in 1991.
in reprint / available from January 2022
Autore
Alberto Ferlenga, Massimo Ferrari, Claudia Tinazzi
Editore
Solferino Edizioni
Anno
2017
Pagine
120
Copertina
Morbida
Altezza
22,5 Cm
Larghezza
16 Cm
Profondità
0,5 Cm
Peso
300 Gr
ISBN
978-88-31942-18-8
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