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Alvar Aalto : architecture, modernity, and geopolitics / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen

By:

Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press , c2009.Description: 229 p. : illus. ; 27 cmISBN:

9780300114287

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DDC classification:

720.92 AAL

LOC classification:

NA1455.F53 A2355 2009

Contents:

Introduction: Geography of (Aalto's) architecture --Pt. 1. Making of a nation. In search of a national style ; Toward a cultural revival ; National identity in the age of mass culture -- Pt. 2. New geographies. Pan-European aspirations ; Being international ; Regional plans -- Pt. 3. Formal registers. Organic lines ; Geopolitics of fame ; Ambiguity -- Conclusion: Geopolitics of architecture.

Summary: Perhaps no other great modern architect has been linked to a native country as closely as Alvar Aalto (18981976). Critics have argued that the essence of Finland flows, as if naturally, into his quasi-organic forms, ranging from such buildings as the Baker House in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to iconic 20th-century designs, including his Savoy vase and bent-plywood stacking stools.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	720.92 AAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		016981

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perhaps no other great modern architect has been linked to a native country as closely as Alvar Aalto (18981976). Critics have argued that the essence of Finland flows, as if naturally, into his quasi-organic forms, ranging from such buildings as the Baker House in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to iconic 20th-century designs, including his Savoy vase and bent-plywood stacking stools.

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