Domenico Rossi practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Domenico Rossi as Swiss architect (1657-1737).
Domenico Rossi was born at Morcote in 1657. His recorded nationality is Switzerland.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are San Stae and I Gesuiti. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
That the work was built in Switzerland shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Domenico Rossi died in 1737, aged 80. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: San Stae
- Notable work: I Gesuiti
