Aldo Rossi

The Architecture of the City was published in 1966 and argued that cities should be understood through memory, monuments, and durable urban forms. It became a key text for neo-rationalist architecture.

The San Cataldo Cemetery project in Modena is one of Rossi's clearest architectural statements. Its repeated forms, stark geometry, and civic symbolism connect directly to his theories about memory and the city.

Yes. Aldo Rossi received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1990, becoming one of the first Italian architects to receive it.

In Rossi's work, neo-rationalism means using clear types, simple forms, and historical urban patterns without copying decoration. His drawings and buildings often reduce architecture to archetypal shapes like towers, walls, and courtyards.