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Alvar Aalto: between Humanism and Materialism (Hardcover)

by Peter Reed (Editor), et al (Editor)
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  • Hardcover: 319 pages
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (30 April 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0810961830
  • ISBN-13: 978-0810961838
  • Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 26.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 821,946 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Of the indisputably great figures in 20th-century architecture, Alvar Aalto (1898-1976)is in many ways the most humane, the least rigid, the most relevant to our contemporary sensibility and the emerging future. This sumptuous book offers a thorough study of an innovative and prolific master, whom Frank Lloyd Wright termed a genius. Published to accompany a retrospective exhibition that opens at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on February 19, 1998, this fresh, penetrating examination of Aalto's work and influence includes essays by five notable critics and historians. Some 50 of Aalto's projects -- houses, town halls, cultural institutions, factories, furniture and glass designs, and regional plans -- from all periods of his extraordinarily productive career are illustrated and described, using much previously unpublished and newly photographed material.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A wide-ranging and well researched analysis of Aalto's work., 9 Dec 1999
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Peter Reed's book is an interesting contribution contribution to the understanding of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's work. Indeed, his book goes well beyond a simple and tedious expose of Aalto's work but digs deep into the concepts and philosophy behind his creations. Furthemore, the author concetrates on the vary wide range of buildings the architect is responsible for, and not just the public buildings he is best known for. He even devotes some of the book to furniture and design. Peter Reed's book is also well documented and researched as well as comprehensively illustrated. All this makes for a very good book, which I would recommend, although its price is a sizeable inconvenient.
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