Alvar aalto

Weston Richard - Collection Architecture

240 pages, parution le 26/07/1999

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Résumé

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. 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 sensitivity to natural sites and materials and to the experimental qualities of architecture. This monograph situates Alvar Aalto in the context of both international modernism and Finnish culture. It explores the key inspirations upon which the architect drew throughout his career, including the Finnish landscape and vernacular traditions, Italian domestic architecture and Gre

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Phaidon
Auteur(s)	Weston Richard
Collection	Architecture
Parution	26/07/1999
Nb. de pages	240
Format	25.1 x 29
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1570g
EAN13	9780714837109