Aldo Rossi- Three Projects in North America – Exhibition Catalog

This is an exhibition catalog for “Aldo Rossi: Three Projects in North America,” published by the Farish Gallery at Rice University.

This is a 14-page architectural exhibition catalogue titled “Aldo Rossi: Three Projects in North America” published by the Rice School of Architecture for an exhibition at the Farish Gallery. 

Subject: The booklet documents the North American architectural proposals of the acclaimed Italian postmodern architect and theorist Aldo Rossi. 

Cover Artwork: It features a prominent sketch in Rossi’s signature graphic style, utilizing pen, ink, and colored accents. The drawing depicts an urban courtyard populated by stylized, red-and-white striped conical towers or obelisks, typical of his interest in geometric archetypes and historical forms. 

Institution: The exhibition was hosted at the Farish Gallery located inside Anderson Hall at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Significance: Rossi was the first Italian architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize (1990). This publication highlights a pivotal era when his influential European theories on neo-rationalism and the “collective memory” of urban spaces were being cross-pollinated with new projects across the Atlantic, such as his designs in Galveston, Miami, and Pennsylvania.