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Aldo Rossi and the Spirit of Architecture by Diane Ghirardo (Hardcover, 2019)

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An essential new look at the Italian architect, writer, and designer whose work paved the way for the postmodern movement This crucial reassessment of Aldo Rossi's (1931-1997) architecture simultaneously examines his writings, drawings, and product design, including the coffeepots and clocks he designed for the Italian firm Alessi. The first Italian to receive the Pritzker Prize, Rossi rejected modernism, seeking instead a form of architecture that could transcend the aesthetic legacy of Fascism in postwar Italy. Rossi was a visionary who did not allow contemporary trends to dominate his thinking. His baroque sensibility and poetic approach, found both in his buildings and in important texts like The Architecture of the City, inspired the critic Ada Louise Huxtable to describe him as a poet who happens to be an architect. Diane Ghirardo explores different categories of structures-monuments, public buildings, cultural institutions, theaters, and cemeteries-drawing significantly on previously unpublished archival materials and always keeping Rossi's own texts in the forefront. By delving into the relationships among Rossi's multifaceted life, his rich body of work, and his own reflections, this book provides a critical new understanding of Rossi's buildings and the place of architecture in postwar Italy.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300234930
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10046421593

Product Key Features

Book Title
ALDO Rossi and the Spirit of Architecture
Author
Diane Ghirardo
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Number of Pages
280 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
259mm
Item Width
212mm
Item Weight
1210g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Diane Ghirardo
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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