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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 Greek site planning, as well as the work of architects such as Gunar Asplund and Le Corbusier. Included are investigations of key projects such as Paimio Sanatorium, the Villa Mairea, Saynatsalo Town Hall, Seinajoki Town Centre, Vuokkseniska Church, the Finlandia Concert Hall and the Congress Centre in Helsinki. The complete range of his work is examined in this text through a study of recurring themes - the dialogue between nature and culture, the reciprocity of the individual and the collective, building and place.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Although Alvar Aalto is not the only architect to have come from the Nordic region his sphere of influence is arguably the greatest. With the help of his wife Aino Aalto he created the some of the most original furniture, textiles, ceramics, lamps and, of course, architecture.
Not only is Richard Weston's book a comprehensive monograph study of these works it also provides an insight into the influences on Nordic architecture and Aalto himself; Finnish farmsteads to steamliners, Italian hilltowns to Japanese tea houses. The book clearly sets Aalto apart from his modernist contemporaries in his appreciation of craft and materiality and their psychological and social impact. Weston goes a long way to explaining why Nordic/Scandinavian design (ie IKEA) is like it is.
The book is easy to read yet gives enough pointers through copious references and quotations that it also provides a platform from which one can go deeper into the topics raised. For this reason I very much look forward to reading Weston's new book released in July 2003.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I would just like to say that this is one of the best architecture books i've seen up to date
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Beautiful photographs of Aalto's architecture. I don't think a monograph needs too many words. Weston provides the necessary dates and basic information, but luckilly keeps away from intellectualisations.
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Coffee-table book +
Undoubtedly this is a book of fine photographs and drawings. And for many architects and students that is more than enough. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 1999
So beautiful as Alvar Aalto's architecture
I love Alvar Aalto's architecture and i think this is book contains so beautiful photografs as his architecture is. Richard Weston on the best.
Published on 12 Dec 1998
Overview of Aalto's work.
Clearly, as Weston testifies, there has been a need for a monograph on Aalto's architecture to compliment the supurb Aalto biographies by Schildt. Read more
Published on 30 July 1998
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