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Synopsis:
The Aldo Rossi fonds documents the professional practice of architect Aldo Rossi and that of his firm, Studio di Architettura (SDA). Drawings of nearly every project by Rossi and SDA are present, with significant Italian, German and Japanese projects particularly well represented. The fonds also includes material relating to exhibitions and some material on publications that feature the work of Rossi and his firm. Material in this fonds was produced between 1953 and 1997.

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presentation drawing(s) graphite and coloured pencil on reprographic copies Aldo Rossi Fonds Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/ Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal plans, elevations, sections, an axonometric, and details

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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Aldo Rossi, study model for the tower of the services centre of the Parco tecnologico, Verbania, 1933, 22.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm, AP142.S1.D228.P4, Aldo Rossi fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © Fondazione Aldo Rossi Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.

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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Aldo Rossi, study model for the entrance foyer of the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, 1987-1990, 12.0 x 25.0 x 25.0 cm, AP145.S1.D122.P18, Aldo Rossi fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © Fondazione Aldo Rossi Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.