Der finnische Architekt Alvar Aalto entwickelte, ausgehend vom Neoklassizismus und Rationalismus, einen unverwechselbaren eigenen Stil, der funktionale und expressive Momente verschmilzt und dabei den Menschen und seine Bedürfnisse immer in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Das Gesamtwerk…
Nordic Classicism presents the first English-language survey of an important yet short-lived movement in modern architectural history. It was through the Nordic classical movement that Scandinavian architecture first attracted international attention. It was the Nordic Pavilions…
Nature and space: Aalto and Le Corbusier
by Menin, Sarah, Samuel, Flora, Aalto, Alvar, Le Corbusier
This book is a unique comparative study of two of the greatest figures in modern architecture - Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. By assessing the historical, personal and intellectual influneces of their attitudes to nature and the creative direction of their work, this study offer…