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20 works well depicted mostly in color, February 9, 2006
This review is from: Alvar Aalto (Architectural Monographs No 4) (Paperback)
20 architectural projects depicted in excellent mostly color photos; also B&W plans, sections, elevations, hard line axonometric views, hand sketches of excellent quality, and short text descriptions; well published on glossy paper. ISBN: 0847802167, ISBN: 031202150X, and ISBN: 0856704210 only.
CONTENTS
7 Foreword
8 Heterotopia: A Study in the Ordering Sensibility of the Work of Alvar Aalto by
Demetri Porphyrios
20 Some Aspects of 1920s Classicism and the Emergence of Functionalism in Finland by Raija-Liisa Heinonen
SELECTED BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS
28 Workers' Club, Jyvaskyla
30 Civil Guard Buildings, Seinajoki
33 Municipal Library, Viipuri
37 Sanatorium and Housing, Paimio
47 University Library Extension Competition, Helsinki
48 Library, Otaniemi
50 Library, Seinajoki
55 Library, Rovaniemi
61 Library, Mount Angel
63 Academic Bookshop, Helsinki
66 Block of Flats, Lucerne
68 Architect's Studio, Munkkiniemi
70 Architect's House, Muuratsalo
74 Lappia House, Rovaniemi
76 Central Finland Museum, Jyvaskyla
78 Town Hall, Saynatsalo
80 National Pensions Building, Helsinki
87 Main Building, Institute of Technology, Otaniemi
90 Cultural Centre, Wolfsburg
92 Students' Hostel, Institute of Technology, Otaniemi
96 Notes on Responding to Aalto's Buildings by Steven Groak
110 List of Buildings and Projects
118 Bibliography
119 Resumes: French, German, Italian, Spanish
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