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Aldo Rossi
Architect

Aldo Rossi

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Writing The Architecture of the City and designing San Cataldo Cemetery.

The Architecture of the City · San Cataldo Cemetery

Born
3 May 1931
Birthplace
Milan
Died
4 September 1997

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Aldo Rossi

Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect, designer and theorist concerned with urban memory and recurring architectural forms.

Early life

Education

Studied at the Polytechnic University of Milan in the 1950s.

Career

  1. 1950s

    Architectural writing

    Contributed to Casabella-Continuità.

  2. 1966

    Major book

    Published The Architecture of the City.

  3. 1971

    Modena

    Won the San Cataldo Cemetery competition.

Selected buildings

The Architecture of the City

An influential study of cities and their forms.

San Cataldo Cemetery

A major architectural project.

A Scientific Autobiography

Reflections on memory and design.

Beyond architecture

Family

Married actor Sonia Gessner; their children Fausto and Vera also worked in the arts.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Additional biographical or research source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Federico Brunetti / The Pritzker Architecture Prize. Source credit retained; reuse licence not established · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.