Main entry:

Suominen-Kokkonen, Renja.

Title & Author:

Aino and Alvar Aalto : a shared journey : interpretations of an everyday modernism / Renja Suominen-Kokkonen ; [translated by Jüri Kokkonen].

Publication:

[Jyväskylä] : Alvar Aalto Foundation : Alvar Aalto Museum, ©2007.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.

Series:

Aalto studies ; 1

Notes:
Collection of articles originally published 1998-2006.
Collection of articles, some translated from the Finnish.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : Aalto studies and modernism in housing -- The silent central personage: the architect Aino Marsio-Aalto -- Towards a happier society: Aino and Alvar Aalto and Turku in the 1920s -- From Alberti to Aalto: the trinity of domicile, family and architecture -- The ideal image of the home: the Aalto house and the homes of Aino and Alvar Aalto -- The interior design of the Villa Mairea -- A library of art?: the Villa Mairea and notes on the gender of the art collector -- Aesthetics or politics: the "danger" of Finnish architecture and design during the so-called first Republic of 1919-1944.

ISBN:

9789525371321 (pbk.)
9525371328 (pbk.)

Subject:

Aalto, Aino, 1894-1949.
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.
Architecture, Domestic Finland.
Modern movement (Architecture) Finland.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Finlande.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Modern.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Finland.

Added entries:

Aalto studies ; 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257690
Call No.: BIB 188217
Status: Available