Aldo Rossi

Aldo Rossi'''Aldo Rossi''', (1932-1997 Milan, Italy) was an Italian architect. For the Venice Biennale in 1979 he designed a floating ''Teatro del Mondo'' that seated 250 that was towed out to sea. He also designed the National Opera House in Genoa. He won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1990. Ada Louise Huxtable, architectural critic and Pritzker juror, has described Rossi as "a poet who happens to be an architect." ==Main works== * [http://www.significantcemeteries.net/significant/modena/Intro.html San Cataldo Cemetery] in Modena, Italy (1971-84) with Gianni Braghieri * [http://carbon.cudenver.edu/%7Earc67015/aal-fara/Synopsis.html Gallaratese Quarter II] in Milano, Italy (1974) with Carlo Aymonino * Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, the Netherlands (1991) * Quartier Schützenstrasse in Berlin, Germany (1994-98) [http://www.arcspace.com/architects/Rossi/ Photos] * The corporate headquarters of the American Broadcasting Company|ABC television studio in Burbank, California, USA * [http://www.designboom.com/eng/exhibition/rossi1.html Ca' di Cozzi] in Verona, Italy, his last project ==External link== * [http://www.pritzkerprize.com/rossi.htm Pritzker Prize] web page on Rossi. * [http://www.bonnefanten.nl/engels/collectie/gebouw_inhoud/aldorossi.htm Bonnefanten] Biography {{bio-stub}} Category:1932 births|Rossi,Aldo Category:1997 deaths|Rossi,Aldo Category:Italian architects|Rossi,Aldo Category:Pritzker Prize winners|Rossi de:Aldo Rossi es:Aldo Rossi fr:Aldo Rossi it:Aldo Rossi pt:Aldo Rossi