Alvar Aalto : a critical study / Malcolm Quantrill.
By: Quantrill, Malcolm.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : New Amsterdam, 1989, c1983Edition: 1st pbk. ed.Description: xii, 307 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0941533352.Subject(s): Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation | Architecture -- Finland -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 720.92 AALItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 720.92 AAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 19/02/2024 | 00167972 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Alvar Aalto was remarkably inventive in architecture and industrial design. Moreover, his command of technology was integrated with a humanistic style of building, and like Saarinen and Frank Lloyd Wright he sought an organic synthesis of his structures with their surroundings. Aalto's success in approaching these ideals may account for the extraordinary spread of his influence on an international scale. In this broad study of Aalto's work, Malcolm Quantrill assesses its development in terms of two powerful sources-the Finnish National Romantic movement and the Modern movement in architecture. His critique of Aalto's most significant buildings and furniture designs is complemented by photographs of many stages of their creation, from the spontaneity of initial sketches to the completed detail. Professor Quantrill first met Alvar and Elissa Aalto at Muuratsalo in June 1953, and he has been studying and photographing Aalto's buildings ever since. His book provides striking insights into the work of one of the greatest architects of the century.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-297) and index.
Inner process - outward form -- Modern Finnish architecture - background and evolution -- The formative years in Jyvaskyla and Turku, 1923-33 -- Helsinki and an international career, 1933-9 -- Urban and academic chllenges, 1939-48 -- The mature expression, 1948-66 -- Later works and projects -- Life-enchancing charm -- Furniture and interiors.
This is a much needed and lively study of the still insufficiently known Finnish modern master Alvar Aalto, whose sensitive and increasingly revelant architectural legacy will surely only increase in stature as the years unfold.
UCC Fund.