<P> The Architecture of the City (Italian: L'architettura della città) is a seminal book of urban design theory by the Italian architect Aldo Rossi published in Padova in 1966 . The book marks the shift from the urban doctrines of modernism to a rediscovery of the traditional European city . </P> <P> In this book, Rossi criticizes the lack of understanding of the city in current architectural practice . He argues that a city must be studied and valued as something constructed over time; of particular interest are urban artifacts that withstand the passage of time . Rossi held that the city remembers its past (our "collective memory"), and that we use that memory through monuments; that is, monuments give structure to the city . His book has been a major reference for the reconstruction of the city of Berlin after the German reunification in 1990 . An English translation has been published in 1982 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article about a book on architecture or urbanism is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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