Alvar Aalto
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Bibliographic Information
Alvar Aalto
Phaidon, 1997
- : pbk
Available at 26 libraries
Note
"first paperback ed. 1997" -- T.p. verso
"First published 1995" -- T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Internationally renowned as one of the major overall achievements of modern architecture, the work of Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is deeply rooted in the culture and landscape of his native Finland. Throughout a long and fertile career his work embraced almost all of the key public institutions as well as social housing and private dwellings. This monograph places Aalto clearly in the context of both international Modernism and Finnish culture, exploring in depth his key inspirations and the complete range of his work, from the Paimio Sanatorium to the Congress Centre, Helsinki.
Table of Contents
- Finland - landscape, architecture and national identity
- a classical education
- from classicism to functionalism
- nature and culture
- dwelling in the modern world
- the sense of place
- the individual and the institution
- building in the city
- the academic campus
- the centre of the town
- sacred space
- places of public assembly
- conclusion - an architecture of democracy.
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