Alvar Aalto : toward a human modernism / edited by Winfried Nerdinger ; with essays by Friedrich Achleitner [and others].

Main entry:

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.

Title & Author:

Alvar Aalto : toward a human modernism / edited by Winfried Nerdinger ; with essays by Friedrich Achleitner [and others].

Publication:

Description:

168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes statements by Alvar Aalto.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alvar Aalto's human modernism / Winfried Nerdinger -- The many faces of Alvar Aalto / Göran Schildt -- Alvar Aalto and the city / Riitta Nikula -- Alvar Aalto and the beauty of the house / Markku Lahti -- Between nature and culture: reflections on the Villa Mairea / Richard Weston -- Alvar Aalto and the United States / Elina Standertskjöld -- Alvar Aalto and Sweden / Eva Rudberg -- Alvar Aalto in Vienna / Friedrich Achleitner -- Alvar Aalto and Switzerland / Bruno Maurer and Arthur Rüegg -- Alvar Aalto in Wolfsburg / Reinhard Roseneck -- Learning from the forest apes: Alvar Aalto's influence on North German architecture / Ulrich Höhns.

Summary:

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Alvar Aalto's birth, architectural historians from Finland, Sweden, England, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland focus on Aalto's work. Their most important contributions and findings are presented here in a highly accessible form in this richly illustrated volume, a book which adds a fresh, culturally informed, international variety of perspectives to the canon of Aalto literature.

Resources:
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ISBN:

3791320491 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9783791320496 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 Criticism and interpretation.
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 Critique et interprétation.
Aalto, Alvar, (1898-1976) Critique et interprétation.
Aalto, Alvar.
Architecture Finland History 20th century.
Architecture Finland 20th century.
Architecture Finlande 20e siècle.
Architecture Finlande Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architektur
Gebouwen.
Architecture moderne 20e siècle Finlande.
Finland.

Form/genre:

Festschriften.
Quotations (texts)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Added entries:

Nerdinger, Winfried.
Achleitner, Friedrich, 1930-2019.
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976
Achleitner, Friedrich, 1930-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201643
Call No.: NA44.A112.9 A53 1999
Status: Available

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