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Aldo Rossi

1931 - 1997

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Aldo Rossi (3 May 1931 – 4 September 1997) was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design. He was one of the leading proponents of the postmodern movement. He was the first Italian to receive the Pritzker Prize for architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aldo Rossi is the 53rd most popular architect (up from 62nd in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from Italy (down from 808th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Architect.

Aldo Rossi is most famous for his architecture. He was an Italian architect and theorist who was best known for his design of the Pirelli Tower in Milan.

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Among architects, Aldo Rossi ranks 53 out of 518. Before him are Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Marcel Breuer, Arnolfo di Cambio, Jean Nouvel, Christopher Wren, and Louis Le Vau. After him are Richard Meier, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Arne Jacobsen, Jože Plečnik, Isidore of Miletus, and Arno Breker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Aldo Rossi ranks 43. Before him are James Earl Jones, João Gilberto, Rupert Murdoch, James Cronin, David Lee, and Larry Hagman. After him are Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Richard F. Heck, Guy Debord, Khieu Samphan, John Gavin, and John le Carré. Among people deceased in 1997, Aldo Rossi ranks 34. Before him are Bohumil Hrabal, Roy Lichtenstein, Fred Zinnemann, Edward Mills Purcell, Alfred Hershey, and Allen Ginsberg. After him are Helenio Herrera, John Eccles, Chaim Herzog, Dora Maar, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Eugene Merle Shoemaker.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Aldo Rossi ranks 812 out of 5,161. Before him are Lino Ventura (1919), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Louise of Orléans (1812), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Scholastica (480), and Vittorio Gassman (1922). After him are Giambattista Basile (1566), Dario Argento (1940), Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Domenichino (1581), Louis I of Etruria (1773), and Eugenio Montale (1896).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Aldo Rossi ranks 10. Before him are Andrea Palladio (1508), Leon Battista Alberti (1404), Renzo Piano (1937), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Giacomo della Porta (1533), and Arnolfo di Cambio (1240). After him are Michelozzo (1396), Guarino Guarini (1624), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), and Richard Rogers (1933).

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