Title & Author:

Matter and mind in architecture / Juan Navarro Baldeweg [and others].

Publication:

[Helsinki?] : Alvar Aalto Foundation/Alvar Aalto Museum : Finnish Association of Architects : Museum of Finnish Architecture : Building Information Ltd., ©2000.

Description:

148 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc

Notes:
"The texts are based on the lectures of the 7th International Alvar Aalto Symposium held in Jyväskylä August 15 to 17, 1997"--Colophon.
"Editor: Pirkko Tuukkanen. English editing: Silja Kudel"--Colophon.
Accompanied by CD with music by Kaija Saariaho.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Simo Paavilainen -- Is stone today 'More stone than it used to be'? : matter, meaning, and mind in architecture / Karsten Harries -- Visible city / Vittorio Gregotti -- Buildings / Kazuyo Sejima -- Architecture as material abstraction / Wilfried Wang -- Alvar Aalto and human error / Göran Schildt -- Complementary geometry / Juan Navarro Baldeweg -- Buildings and projects / Gert Wingårdh -- Material differences / John Patkau -- Mind after matter / Alejandro Zaera-Polo -- Matter and mind in music / Kaija Saariaho -- About architecture / Juha Leiviskä.
Also issued online.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Accompanying CD contains music by Kaija Saariaho.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9516826075
9789516826076

Subject:

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.
Architecture Philosophy Congresses.
Architecture 20th century Congresses.
Architecture Philosophie Congrès.
Architecture 20e siècle Congrès.
Architecture.
Architecture Philosophy.
Bouwkunst.
Architectuurtheorieën.
Architecture, Modern 20th century
Architecture British Columbia 20th century.
Architettura Sec. 20. Teorie
Architectural theory.
Architecture (discipline) 1950-2000.
Architecture (object genre) 1950-2000.
Architecture (object genre) Canada British Columbia 1980-2000.
Finnish architects.
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery

Form/genre:

Optical disks.
Lectures.
Compact discs.
Sound recordings.
Conference papers and proceedings.

Added entries:

Navarro Baldeweg, Juan, 1939-
Tuukkanen, Pirkko.
Paavilainen, Simo.
Harries, Karsten.
Gregotti, Vittorio.
Sejima, Kazuyo, 1956-
Wang, Wilfried.
Schildt, Göran, 1917-2009.
Wingårdh, Gert, 1951-
Patkau, John.
Zaera, Alejandro.
Saariaho, Kaija.
Leiviskä, Juha, 1936-
Kudel, Silja.
Schildt, Göran, 1917-
Alvar Aalto Foundation.
Alvar Aalto-museo.
Suomen Arkkitehtiliitto.
Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo.
International Alvar Aalto Symposium (7th : 1997 : Jyväskylä, Finland)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216593
Call No.: NA2500 .M38 2000
Status: Available