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
Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design. He was one of the leading proponents of the postmodern movement.
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culture · Italian architect (1931–1997) · architect · designer · urban planner · screenwriter · university teacher · graphic artist · philosopher · painter · also Aldo Rossi, Rossi
Born 3 May 1931 · Died 4 September 1997 · Q322953
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2006· 1 entry
1999· 1 entry
The Faculty of Architecture of the University of Bologna, based in Cesena, was named after him
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1997· 1 entry
Died 1997-09-04.
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1996· 1 entry
Became an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the following year he received their special cultural award in architecture and design
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Pritzker Architecture Prize (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Continued product design work for Unifor (now part of Molteni Furniture) and Alessi
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1987· 1 entry
Won two international competitions: one for a site at the Parc de la Villette in Paris, the other for the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin, which was never brought to fruition
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1985· 2 entries
And 1986, Rossi was director of the 3rd (respectively 4th) 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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Residential building in the Vialba quarter of Milan
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1984· 3 entries
Preparation for the Pitti-Uomo men's fashion event in Florence
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Designed a triumphal arch at the entrance to the exhibition site
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Together with Ignazio Gardella and Fabio Reinhart, he won the competition for the renovation of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, which was not fully completed until 1991
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1981· 1 entry
Published his autobiography, A scientific autobiography
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1980· 1 entry
Rossi designed a floating Teatro del Mondo that seated 250 people
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1979· 1 entry
Was made a member of the prestigious Academy of Saint Luke
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1975· 1 entry
Rossi returned to the teaching profession in Italy, teaching architectural composition in Venice
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1973· 1 entry
Was director of the International Architecture Section at the XV Milan Triennial Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Architecture, where he presented, among others, his student Arduino Cantafora
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1971· 1 entry
Won the design competition for the extension of the San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena, which made him internationally famous
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1965· 1 entry
Was appointed lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Milan, and the following year he published The Architecture of the City, which soon became a classic of architectural literature
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1964· 1 entry
When the chief editorship went to Gian Antonio Bernasconi
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1963· 1 entry
Also he began teaching, firstly as an assistant to Ludovico Quaroni (1963) at the school of urban planning in Arezzo, then to Carlo Aymonino at the Institute of Architecture in Venice
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1959· 1 entry
Studied at Polytechnic University of Milan, laurea (1949–1959).
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1955· 1 entry
Had started writing for, and from 1959 was one of the editors of, the architectural magazine Casabella-Continuità, with the editor in chief Ernesto Nathan Rogers
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1949· 1 entry
Went to the school of architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-05-03.
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