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The architecture of the city / [Book] / Aldo Rossi ; introduction by Peter Eisenman ; translation by Diane Ghirardo and Joan Ockman ; revised for the American edition by Aldo Rossi and Peter Eisenman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oppositions booksPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ;, 1984.Description: 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780262680431 (paperback)
  • 0262680432
  • 9780262181013
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 711.4 21
Other classification:
  • 711.4
Summary: Aldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, is also one of the most influential theorists writing today. 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..
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor 711.4 ROS-A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 54648
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"Published for the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois, and the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York, New York."

Aldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, is also one of the most influential theorists writing today. 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..

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