Main entry:

Jetsonen, Jari, 1958-

Title & Author:

Alvar Aalto apartments / photos, Jari Jetsonen ; texts, Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen ; [translation, Kristina Kölhi and Gareth Griffiths].

Publication:

[Helsinki] : Rakennustieto, 2004 (Hämeenlinna : Kirjapaino Karisto Oy)

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword /Peter Reed -- Alvar Aalto's thoughts on housing / Markku Lahti -- The core of culture / Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen -- Apartment buildings : "From doorstep to living room" -- Aira building, railway officials' housing, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1924-1926 -- ROT houses, 'Slope-door houses', Sunila, Finland, 1938 -- Standard terrace housing, Kauttua, Finland, 1937-1938 -- Baker House, senior dormitory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, 1946-1949 -- National Pensions Institute employee housing, Helsinki, Finland, 1952-1954 -- Hansaviertel apartment building, Berlin, Germany, 1954-1957 -- Housing and business complex, Sundh Centre, Avesta, Sweden, 1955-1961 -- Korkalovaara apartment buildings, Rovaniemi, Finland, 1956-1960 (Rakovalkea block, 1958-1959 ; Poroelo block, 1960) -- Neue Vahr apartment building, Bremen, Germany, 1958-1962 -- Harjuviita apartment buildings, Tapiola, Espoo, Finland, 1961-1967 -- Student housing, Helsinki University of Technology, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland, 1963-1966 -- Schönbühl apartment building, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1964-1967 -- Selected information.

Summary:

Alvar Aalto was concerned about the social aspect in all building. This book contains not only a pictorial record of Aalto's collective housing but also an extensive discussion of his ideals about dwellings.

ISBN:

9516827322 (paperback)
9789516827325 (paperback)

Subject:

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 Criticism and interpretation.
Apartment houses.
Architecture Finland History 20th century.
Architectural practice, International.
Immeubles d'habitation Dessins et plans.
Architecture Pratique internationale.
Architecture Finlande Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architecture Finland 20th century.
Finland.

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
History.

Added entries:

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.
Jetsonen, Sirkkaliisa.
Rakennustieto Oy (Helsinki, Finland)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232685
Call No.: NA44.A112.23 A48 2004
Status: Available