The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books) by Rossi, Aldo - 1984

Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, 1984. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Front cover bottom edge laminate wrinkled, front bottom corner bumped, spine and cover edges sunned. Text is clean. 'Aldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, is also one of the most influential theorists writing today. [This book] 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.' Illustrated. 201 pages. 8.25 x 9.75 inches..