Aalto beyond Finland - architecture and design : the 2nd Alvar Aalto research seminar Rovaniemi Town Hall, Finland 16-18 February 2015

The rich body of papers produced for the 2nd Alvar Aalto Researchers Network Seminar ?Aalto beyond Finland ? Architecture and Design? by scholars from differ[...]

This monograph, now available for the first time in paperback format, situates Alvar Aalto clearly in the context of both international modernism and Finnish culture, exploring the key inspirations upon which the architect drew throughout his career.[...]

Alvar Aalto remains Finland's greatest architect, retains his place among the Modern Masters of twentieth-century architecture and is now recognized internationally as one of the world's greatest architects of all time. For Finland, Aalto, through his architecture, furniture, glassware and sculpture[...]

This work is Taschen's 25th anniversary - special edition! This work offers a compact overview of one of the world's greatest architect. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was not only influenced by the landscape of his native country, but by the political struggle over Finland's place within[...]

Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is the most prestigious Finnish architect of the last century, and the father of Nordic Modernism. He once said, "God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper." In the U.S. Aalto's critical reception beg[...]

This book presents eight single-family houses built by Aalto in Finland, Estonia, and France from the 1920s to the end of the 1960s. Markku Lahti, director of the Alvar Aalto Foundation, describes the fascinating history of the selected houses, the people for whom they were built, and how Aalto adap[...]

Alvar Aallon Viipurin kirjasto on läpikäynyt dramaattisia vaiheita valmistumisensa jälkeen. Se rappeutui hylättynä vuosikymmenen ajan, se korjattiin 1950-luvulla virheellisin menetelmin ja materiaalein, ja vuodesta 1994 tähän päivään sitä on restauroitu määrätietoisesti kansainvälisin[...]

Alvar Aalto is a Finnish architect who participated in more than 500 building projects during his lifetime, networked with the most significant influential figures of his time, and spoke as well as wrote about architecture. "Alvar Aalto - What & When?" is a reference book on both Aalto's implemented[...]

Arkkitehti Alvar Aallon Viipurin kirjasto oli valmistuessaan vuonna 1935 aikansa merkittävimpiä funktionalistisia rakennuksia. Pitkään rappiolla olleen kirjaston vuonna 1994 aloitettu restaurointityö valmistui 2013; se on palkittu poikkeuksellisen laadukkaasta lopputuloksesta ja ansiokkaasta ka[...]

Jari and Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen?s monograph on the libraries of Alvar Aalto presents all 18 of his completed libraries as well as the Academic Bookstore. Chronologically the sites range from Viipuri Library in the 1930s to Alajärvi Library in the 1990s, which was realised after Aalto's death. Some of[...]

Filosofian tohtori Renja Suominen-Kokkosen seitsemän tutkimusta, jotka käsittelevät erityisesti Alvar Aallon suhdetta vaimoonsa Aino Aaltoon ja näin auttavat meitä laajentamaan tietouttamme Aallosta ja hänen töistänsä. Juuri ilmestynyt kirja, joka aloittaa uuden Alvar Aalto oppikirjasarjan.[...]

The Aalto House is a seminal project in Alvar Aalto's development from the ideals of orthodox functionalism towards the complex, tactile, inclusive and emotive architecture of his mature age. The design development of the house reveals Aalto's rejection of simplistic rationality and the emergence of[...]