Alvar Aalto

From neo-classicist and rationalist origins, Alvar Aalto developed a distinctive personal style, simultaneously expressive and functional, and clearly focussed on human needs and requirements. This portrait of Finland's most famous architect provides a compact survey and ideal introduction to Aalto's fascinating life and work, complete with plans, drawings and photographs.

Aalto, Alvar

Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

The Masters Of World Architecture Series.

Alvar Aalto (World of Art)

Arts & Photography

Karl Fleig

Architecture

Thames and Hudson

Internationally renowned as one of the major achievements of modern architecture, the work of Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was deeply rooted in the culture and the landscape of his native Finland. A Grand Duchy of Russia until the revolution of 1917, the newly independent state promoted architecture as a means of establishing its identity as a social democracy, and in Aalto found an architect with the ambition and talents to meet the challenge. Throughout a long and fertile career his work embraced almost all the key public institutions - town halls, libraries, theatres, churches, universities and government departments - as well as social housing and private dwellings, and he brought to buildings of every type and scale a profound concern for the physical and psychological needs of their individual users, as well as remarkable sensitivity to natural sites and materials and to the experimental qualities of architecture. The complete range of his work is examined through a study of recurring themes - the dialogue between nature and culture, the reciprocity of the individual and the collective, building and place.

Weston, Richard

Biographies & Memoirs

Phaidon Inc Ltd

Alphabetically-arranged entries provide information on the life of notable artists, characteristics of their works, significance of their work, career milestones, and locations where their work is displayed.

Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists (4 Volume Set)

Dürer, Albrecht

De Ribera, Jusepe

Durand-Ruel, Paul

Lievensz, Jan

Brothers, Limburg

Ribalta, Francisco

De Zurbaran, Francisco

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Text: English Introduction: French, German, Italian, Spanish

Alvar Aalto (Architectural Monographs No 4)

Rizzoli / Academy Editions

Gutheim, Frederick

Historical

Literary Licensing, LLC

The Masters Of World Architecture Series.

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Alvar aalto, de l'oeuvre aux ecrits (MONOGRAPHIES)

CENTRE POMPIDOU

Der finnische Architekt Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) entwickelte, ausgehend vom Neoklassizismus und Rationalismus, einen unverwechselbaren eigenen Stil, der funktionale und expressive Momente verschmilzt und dabei den Menschen und seine Bedürfnisse immer in den Mittelpunkt stellt.      Als 1976 aus Helsinki die bedrückende Nachricht von Aaltos Tod kam, wusste man in Frankreich, dass eine der letzten Persönlichkeiten der großen Architektengeneration des 20. Jahrhunderts dahingegangen war.   Aaltos Architekturformen lassen sich in keine historischen Schemas pressen. Seine Formen in Grundriss, in der Funktion, im Schnitt und im Aufriss sind alle so stark von seiner individuellen Persönlichkeit geprägt, dass eine Nachvollziehung seiner darin enthaltenen Gedanken, seiner Zeitkritik und seiner Lebensphilosophie sehr schwer ist.   Karl Fleig hat mit Frau Elissa Aalto eine Edition gestaltet, die nicht nur die letzten Werke aufführt, sondern darüber hinaus auch Werk und Person darstellt.

Alvar Aalto: 1971-1976, Vol. 3 (English, French and German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Editions d'architecture Artemis

«Es ist die große Leistung dieses Buches, das Einfache und Unfassliche von Aaltos Architektur fühlbar zu machen.»

Alvar Aalto, Vol. 1: 1922-1962 (Complete Works)

Birkhauser

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