Aldo Rossi

The Italian architect and designer Aldo Rossi, who is considered one of the main representatives of postmodernism, was born in Milan in 1931 and died there in 1997.

Rossi studied at the Polytechnic in Milan, where he graduated in 1959.

Rossi was active in many creative fields. He initially worked as a journalist, later as an urban planner and author, and from 1969 to 1975 he taught as a professor in Milan and Zurich.

in 1983, Aldo Rossi was director of the architecture section of the Venice Biennale.

Rossi's most important architectural projects include the town hall square with memorial fountain in Segrate near Milan, the cemetery in San Cataldo (together with Gianni Bragheri) and the "Teatro del Mondo", which he designed for the Venice Biennale in 1980. in 1984, he took part in the International Building Exhibition in Berlin, where he presented a block of flats, and later won the tender for the German Historical Museum in Berlin. in 1989, he built the "Il Palazzo" hotel in Fukuoka, Japan, for which he was honoured with the Pritzker Prize.

As a designer, Aldo Rossi has worked for Alessi since 1979 on their famous "Programme 6", in which artists such as Robert Venturi, Charles Jencks, Michael Graves and Richard Meier were also involved.

Among the many products that Aldo Rossi has created for Alessi are

the stylish espresso pots "La Cupola" and "La Conica" with milk jug, sugar bowl and spoon.

For Molteni, the designer created the seating furniture series "Capitolo" and "Teatro" as well as the lacquered wooden cabinet "Cabina Armadio" and the secretary "Carteggio". königsdorfer Media House, Frechen