Theorist
Aldo Rossi
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Details
- Nationality
- Italian
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- ReasonObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- authored The Architecture of the City
- proposed Architectural Typology
- critiqued Le Corbusier
- associated with La Tendenza
- influenced Rafael Moneo
- proposed Urban Artefact and Type
- authored L'architettura della città
- reacted against Architectural Phenomenology
Referenced by
- Charles Jencks influenced
- Antoine Quatremère de Quincy influenced
- Antoine Quatremère de Quincy preceded
- Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand influenced
- Manfredo Tafuri influenced
Sources
- Aldo Rossi. The Architecture of the City (L'architettura della città). MIT Press, 1982.
- Aldo Rossi. A Scientific Autobiography. MIT Press, 1981.
- Britannica. n.d.. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aldo-Rossi.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Aldo Rossi." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/aldo-rossi/. Accessed September 1, 2026.