1. Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and product design.
15 Facts About Aldo Rossi
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Aldo Rossi was one of the leading proponents of the postmodern movement.
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Aldo Rossi was the first Italian to receive the Pritzker Prize for architecture.
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Aldo Rossi went on to work for Societa magazine and Il_contemporaneo, making him one of the most active participants in the fervent cultural debate of the time.
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Aldo Rossi married the Swiss actress Sonia Gessner, who introduced him to the world of film and theatre.
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Aldo Rossi began his professional career at the studio of Ignazio Gardella in 1956, moving on to the studio of Marco Zanuso.
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In 1975, Aldo Rossi returned to the teaching profession in Italy, teaching architectural composition in Venice.
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Aldo Rossi taught at several universities in the United States, including Cooper Union in New York City and Cornell University in Ithaca.
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In 1985 and 1986, Aldo Rossi was director of the 3rd International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale including further away display spaces such as Villa Farsetti in Santa Maria di Sala.
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Aldo Rossi died in Milan on 4 September 1997, following a car accident.
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Aldo Rossi argued that a city must be studied and valued as something constructed over time; of particular interest are urban artifacts that withstand the passage of time.
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Aldo Rossi held that the city remembers its past, and that we use that memory through monuments; that is, monuments give structure to the city.
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Aldo Rossi became extremely influential in the late 1970s and 1980s, as his body of built work expanded and his theories were promoted in his books The Architecture of the City and A Scientific Autobiography.
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In 2006 two pylons based on an original 1989 design by Aldo Rossi were erected in front of the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht by the Delft architectural firm Ufo Architecten.
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Aldo Rossi won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1990.