Title & Author:

Inside the Villa Mairea : art, design, and interior architecture / edited by Kirsi Gullichsen and Ulla Kinnunen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

[Jyväskylä] : Alvar Aalto Museum & Mairea Foundation, 2009.

Description:

310 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-309).
An ideal setting / Kirsi Gullichsen -- Opus con amore -- the Villa Mairea and the culture of the home / Renja Suominen-Kokkonen -- The Villa Mairea and the art of design / Ben af Schultén -- The art collection at the Villa Mairea / Carolus Enckell -- Books and tunes / Martti Anhava -- Göran Schildt interviews Maire Gullichsen at the Villa Mairea in January 1977 -- Les Artekiens / Ulla Kinnunen -- Where did we lose our design? / Maire Gullichsen-Nyströmer -- P.S. / Markku Lahti.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Villa Mairea was built in 1937-1939 in Noormarkku as a modern residence for Maire and Harry Gullichsen, who were ardent lovers and promoters of art and architecture. ... With its focus on the interiors of the villa, this book deals with the furnishings, works of art and design objects, as well as the underlying ideology of beauty for the everyday"--Jacket.

ISBN:

9789525371574 (hbk.)
9525371573 (hbk.)

Subject:

Aalto, Alvar, (1898-1976)
Villa Mairea (Noormarkku, Finland)
Villa Mairea (Noormarkku, Finlande)
Architecture, Domestic Finland.
Architecture Finland History 20th century.
Architecture Finlande Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Buildings.
Bostadshus Finland 1900-talet.
Arkitekter Finland 1900-talet.
Noormarkku (Finland) Buildings, structures, etc.
Finland.
Finland Noormarkku.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Gullichsen, Kirsi.
Kinnunen, Ulla.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271012
Call No.: BIB 203937
Status: Available