| The Architecture of the City Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rossi, Aldo (Author), Eisenman, Peter (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0262680432 ISBN-13: 9780262680431 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1984 Annotation: Based on notebooks composed since 1971, Aldo Rossi's lyrical and erudite memoir intermingles his architectural projects, including discussion of the major literary and artistic influences on his work, with his personal history. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Architecture | Buildings - Public, Commercial & Industrial - Architecture | Criticism |
| Dewey: 711.4 |
| LCCN: 81019382 |
| Series: Oppositions Books |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 8.52" W x 9.6" (1.14 lbs) 202 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza and one of the most influential theorists of the twentieth century. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the Modern Movement, in part an attempt to restore the craft of architecture to its position as the only valid object of architectural study, and in part an analysis of the rules and forms of the city's construction, the book has become immensely popular among architects and design students. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rossi, Aldo: - Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and architecture theorist and the author of The Architecture of the City (MIT Press, 1984) and other books. He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1990.Ockman, Joan: - Joan Ockman is an architecture educator, historian, writer, and editor. Among the books she has edited are Architecture Culture 1943-1968, The Pragmatist Imagination, and Out of Ground Zero. |