Alvar Aalto: a critical study

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""This is a much needed and lively study of the still insufficiently known Finnish modern master Alvar Aalto, whose sensitive and increasingly revelant architectural legacy will surely only increase in stature as the years unfold.""--Kenneth Frampton, Columbia University

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Full title :Alvar Aalto : a critical study / Malcolm Quantrill.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1989, c1983.
Edition:1st pbk. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):New Amsterdam
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1989, c1983.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 307 p., [8] p. of plates )

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781461721567, 1461721563
oclc:ocn859155247
LC Classification:NA1455.F53
Dewey Decimal:720/.92

Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER I -- Inner Process -- Outward Form; CHAPTER II -- Modern Finnish Architecture -- Background and Evolution; CHAPTER III -- The Formative Years in Jyväskylä and Turku: 1923-33; CHAPTER IV -- Helsinki, and an International Career: 1933-9; CHAPTER V -- Urban and Academic Challenges: 1939-48; CHAPTER VI -- The Mature Expression: 1948-66; CHAPTER VII -- Later Works and Projects; CHAPTER VIII -- 'Life-Enhancing Charm'; APPENDIX -- Furniture and Interiors; Chronological List of Main Works; Notes.

Selected BibliographyPhotographic Sources; Index; Alvar Aalto -- A Critical Study.

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Aalto, Alvar Architecture ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renova… ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings Architecture -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.… Architecture -- History -- 20th century… ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice ARCHITECTURE -- Reference Criticism, interpretation, etc Finland gebouwen History