In this new, thorough, and visually sumptuous study of one of the most innovative and productive masters of the twentieth century, essays by five architectural critics and historians consider Aalto’s theories and practices in terms of the International Style, nature, industry, the rebuilding of postwar Europe, and his legacy for succeeding generations of architects.

Language: English
Pages: 320
Illustrations: 126 Color Illustrations. 402 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11“ x 10 1/2“
Binding: Clothbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 4.50
ISBN: 810961830
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Location of Exhibition: Exh. Cat.: New York, USA 1998. Helsinki, Finland
Miscellaneous: Cat. of exh.


Code: 3370
Condition: In Pristine Condition
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This municipal building is a kind of miniature town hall. Built of brick, with a roof partly of copper, the main parts of the interiors are primarily of wood. This is a fine example of contemporary architecture.

Language: Finnish/English
Pages: 28
Illustrations: 29 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8“ sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
Edition: 4th
Weight: 0.25
ISBN: 9529845731
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Code: 2348
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Alvar and Aino Aalto’s development independently and together, includes essays on Karhula-Iittala Glass Competition 1932, the Paris World’s Fair 1937, etc.

Language: Finnish/ English
Pages: 114
Illustrations: 62 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 7 1/2“ x 8“
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 1.25
ISBN: 9.78953E+12
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Location of Exhibition: Exh. Cat.: Iittala Glass Museum
Miscellaneous: Bibl. Bios.


Code: 0110
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Among the main sources of Aalto’s output were commisisions he obtained from Finnish industrialists, especially people in the wood and paper industries. These projects were extensive and multi-faceted, involving not only factories but office and residential buildings. Aalto’s industrial architecture ranged from extensive neighborhood planning to villas for upper management and modest wooden houses for workers. This volume examines Aalto’s role in the service of Finnish industry with particualr emphasis on the industrial and residential aspects of the Sunila project. Plans and elevations included.

Language: English
Pages: 176
Illustrations: 92 Color Illustrations. 319 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10“ x 12“
Binding: Hardbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9525498034
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Miscellaneous: Index. Bibl.


Code: 5507
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The Aalto House is a seminal project in Alvar Aalto’s development from the ideals of orthodox functionalism towards the complex, tactile, inclusive and emotive architecture of his mature age. The design development of the house reveals Aalto’s rejection of simplistic rationality and the emergence of his personal thinking that penetrates into the experiential essence of architectural pleasure. The book includes brief descriptions with definitive illustrations or realized and unrealized projects contemporaneous with the Aalto House, carried out by the Alvar Aalto’s architectural office between 1933 and 1936. Plans and elevations included.

Language: English
Pages: 152
Illustrations: 71 Color Illustrations. 188 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10“ x 12“
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9525498026
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Miscellaneous: Bibl. Bios. Index.


Code: 5506
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To celebrate the centennial of Aalto’s birth, this book presents, for the first time, an illuminating collection of over 75 of his visionary lectures, speeches, articles, and other writings, as well as 100 archival drawings and some plans and elevations. As the official guidebook to Aalto’s philosophies and works, this personal collection reveals the brilliant mind of the master, for architects, students, theorists, and all admirers of his renowned architectural legacy.

Language: English
Pages: 287
Illustrations: 97 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10“ x 8“
Binding: Clothbound with Jacket
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 2.75
ISBN: 847820807
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Code: 4583
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The 2nd International Alvar Aalto Symposium has opened a host of new perspectives to the essence of the classical tradition in the art of buildings as well as its relation to the Modern Movement. Includes many illustrations of the work of Mies van der Rohe, Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto.

Language: English/ Finnish/ Swedish
Pages: 224
Illustrations: 41 Color Illustrations. 148 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8“ sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Survey
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Weight: 1.50
ISBN: 9519229388
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Location of Exhibition:
Miscellaneous: Bio.


Code: 0024
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The 3rd International Alvar Aalto Symposium: It has created a new tradition in the international scene: to bring together every three years outstanding architects from all over the world. This symposium included lectures by Michael Graves: “ œA Case for Figurative Architecture“ ; Herman Hertzberger: “ œThe Space Mechanism of the 20th Century or Formal Order and Daily Life; Front Sides and Back Sides“ ; Marc Treib: “ œCultural Exchange: Low Style, High Style“ ; Jörn Donner: “ œDivergencies and Convergencies between Literature and Architecture“ ; Henning Larsen: “ œNotes on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,“ etc.

Language: English
Pages: 144
Illustrations: 21 Color Illustrations. 171 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8“ sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Survey
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Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9516821480
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Miscellaneous: Bibl. Bios.


Code: 0025
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At the Alvar Aalto Symposium in 2000, architecture was likened to an elephant. Elephants live a long time and never forget - unlike a butterfly which lives only today and knows nothing of yesterday. What else is left as a testimony of past empires and cultures, if not their architecture? Today, those same old walls seem good enough again as the settings for new uses of all sorts: a 19th century railway station becomes a museum of art, or dockside warehouse is turned into a luxury hotel. And more people are more interested than ever in “ œgenuine“ materials and traditional building methods. In the context of this charged atmosphere discussions are made at the 9th Alvar Aalto Symposium, 2003 American artist James Turrell speaks about “ ˜old ditch and new water’. In Jyväskylä a study is made on the old riverbed’s geology, as it were, and samples are taken of the new water flowing through it. In Alvar Aalto’s works, tradition and evolution live in symbiosis but they often reveal a desire to surprise and amaze - the slightest touch can change everything. This book includes all the lectures, complete with the final discussion on the two cds. Plans and elevations included.

Language: English
Pages: 183
Illustrations: 91 Color Illustrations. 28 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2“ x 7“
Binding: Hardbound with CD
Subcategory: Survey
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Weight: 1.50
ISBN: 9525371182
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Miscellaneous: Bios.


Code: 5503
Condition: In Pristine Condition. One with tear in spine.
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The legendary Library, designed by Alvar Aalto (1927-1935), is situated in the beautiful city of Vyborg, Russia, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, between Helsinki and St Petersburg. In September 2003 the Docomomo International Specialist Committee on Technology (ISC/T) arranged the 7th International Seminar and Workshop of Technology in New York. The title of the seminar was The Case Study and the Technology of Sensations. The aim of the seminar was to experience the technology of the Modern Movement in a workshop held in the chosen case study. The papers presented in this book are the results of research and examinations at the location integrated as theoretical, practical and methodological issues considered in relation to restoration. Various aspects of the building construction as well as lighting, acoustics and the sensations of hands-on experience have been examined.

Language: English/Russian
Pages: 144
Illustrations: 120 Color Illustrations. 59 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2“ x 8 1/2“
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 1.25
ISBN: 8778301084
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Miscellaneous: Bibl.


Code: 5474
Condition: In Pristine Condition
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