This is a unique and comprehensive study of the entire span of Finnish architecture in the 20th century. Using comparative critical analysis, the author weaves Aalto's contribution into his overview of the evolution of modern Finnish architecture and includes the work of a range of lesser published figures. It will be of considerable interest to architects, art historians and all those interested in modern Finnish architecture.
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Alvar Aalto dominated Finnish architecture for almost half a century,from 1927 until his death in 1976 at the age of 78. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
architettura minore, classical parti, national romantic style, autonomous architecture, church competition, national romantic movement, parish centre, monopitch roof, environmental memory, purchase prize, modernist tradition, national romanticism, romantic classicism, competition drawings, original competition, church design, residential wing, competition project, correspondence with the author, church project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alvar Aalto, Villa Mairea, Kaleva Church, Parliament Building, Reima Pietilä, Viipuri Library, New York, Malcolm Quantrill, Malmi Church, Eliel Saarinen, Aarne Ervi, Aulis Blomstedt, Finnish Pavilion, National Pensions Institute, Viljo Revell, Brussels Pavilion, Erik Bryggman, House of Culture, Lars Sonck, Säynätsalo Town Hall, United States, Turku Funeral Chapel, Aarno Ruusuvuori, Hilding Ekelund, Monte Carlo New!
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Alvar Aalto dominated Finnish architecture for almost half a century,from 1927 until his death in 1976 at the age of 78. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
architettura minore, classical parti, national romantic style, autonomous architecture, church competition, national romantic movement, parish centre, monopitch roof, environmental memory, purchase prize, modernist tradition, national romanticism, romantic classicism, competition drawings, original competition, church design, residential wing, competition project, correspondence with the author, church project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alvar Aalto, Villa Mairea, Kaleva Church, Parliament Building, Reima Pietilä, Viipuri Library, New York, Malcolm Quantrill, Malmi Church, Eliel Saarinen, Aarne Ervi, Aulis Blomstedt, Finnish Pavilion, National Pensions Institute, Viljo Revell, Brussels Pavilion, Erik Bryggman, House of Culture, Lars Sonck, Säynätsalo Town Hall, United States, Turku Funeral Chapel, Aarno Ruusuvuori, Hilding Ekelund, Monte Carlo New!
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- Alvar Aalto by Goran Schildt on 5 pages
- The New Finnish Architecture by Scott Poole on page 224, page 229, and Back Matter
- Environmental Memory by Malcolm Quantrill on page 103, and Back Matter
- The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard on page 213
- Modern Architecture and Other Essays by Vincent Scully in Back Matter
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