Aalto himself provides a detailed and extremely interesting description of the design of the Viipuri Library, from the cunning use of numerous skylights to ventilation systems, movable furniture, acoustic construction of the clubroom, and the architectural division between the socially active part of the building and that part designed for the storage of books. Plans and elevations included.

Language: Finnish/ English
Pages: 24
Illustrations: 30 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8“ sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 0.25
ISBN: 9519563172
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Code: 2346
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Alvar Aalto designed this impressive private residence for the Gullichsens, major art collectors in Finland. The way Aalto incorporated nature in the design of this house is absolutely striking. For a visitor MAIREA is imprinted in the mind as a kind of realized precedent , a piece of the new, harmonious image of the world. Here with architectural means, masterfully interpreted, its expression has attained a certain concept of life: nature, man and art in mutual harmony.

Language: Finnish/ English
Pages: 32
Illustrations: 43 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 “ sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 0.50
ISBN: 9529845448
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Code: 2811
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In this book, the impressive building and structural setting of the Nordjyllands Art Museum becomes fully appreciated. Designed by Elissa and Alvar Aalto and Jean-Jacques Baruël, the buildings housing the collections enable visitors to experience the unique and always changing combination of space, lighting and weather. The works of art have optimal conditions in these light, sublime and flexible rooms. Though the succession of enthralling photographs by internationally acclaimed Hélène Binet form the nucleus of the book, it also includes essays on the history of the museum, the interplay of light within building, as well as a presentation of initial sketches for the building.

Language: Danish/ English
Pages: 143
Illustrations: 6 Color Illustrations. 117 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11“ x 12 1/2“
Binding: Clothbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 8798728024
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Code: 3889
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This is a book on the edge of Alvar Aalto and his architecture. It neither comes too close, nor stays away. It has sympathy for those wanting to be re-enchanted by the grand architect’s obvious charm, while at the same time it longs for someone to protest. Aaltomania seeks to explore, in all the taboos and hagiography on this legendary architect, the questions that have survived so far are not being asked.

Language: English
Pages: 144
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 72 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2“ x 6“
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 951682613X
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Code: 4933
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This event included the participation of more than 120 students from all the architecture school’s different institutes. The theme of the international workshop was Arhus Harbour, and this was chosen for several reasons. Today, the harbour area is the site of extensive and rapid develpoment and changes. The architecture school wanted to participate in this and contribute creative and innovative ideas to the ongoing debate concerning the opportunities and pootentials for the development of this area.This publication will hopefully offer an insight in the workshop’s methods, processes and results.

Language: English
Pages: 144
Illustrations: 169 Color Illustrations. 19 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 6“ x 5“
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Survey
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ISBN: 8799014688
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Code: 5985
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This book chronicles the artistic exploration and collaboration by renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and his first wife, architect Aino Aalto. Originally a series of articles published in a Finnish academic journal, the crux of this slim soft-cover book by Finnish art history Professor Renja Suominen-Kokkonen looks at the social and creative metamorphosis the Aaltos experienced when, as a young married couple, they relocated to the southern Finnish city of Turku in 1927. Not only does the author present a cogent treatise on early 20th century modernism, but hundreds of photos and illustrations also paint a rare and intimate portrait of the couple and their work.

Language: English
Pages: 223
Illustrations: 8 Color Illustrations. 96 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10“ x 7“
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9.78953E+12
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Code: 6613
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Sunrooms, greenhouses, buildings with whole walls of glass, be they private residences or municipal works - such architectural “ œsun catchers“ are featured here. Included are architectural renderings, beautiful color photographs of the buildings, and technical information explaining why the designs work as they do to use solar energy to an optimal degree. Given the importance of solar energy, both for practical and aesthetic reasons, this book is an important source for those interested in contemporary architecture.

Language: Norwegian
Pages: 78
Illustrations: 39 Color Illustrations. 21 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2“ sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Landscape Architecture
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Weight: 0.75
ISBN: 8275320062
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Code: 2804
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The book presents eight single-family houses by Aalto from 1920s to the end of the 1960s, built in Finland, Estonia and France. Among them are Villa Tammekann in Tartu, Estonia, The Aalto House in Helsinki, Finland, Villa Mairea in Noormarkku, Finland, Maison Louis Carré in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France and Villa Schildt in Tammisaari, Finland. Markku Lahti, director of the Alvar Aalto Foundation, tells in a fascinating way about the history of the selected houses, whom they were built for, and how Aalto adapted his own design ideals to the needs of his clients. Jetsonen’s fine full-colour pictures and Aalto’s original drawings beautifully convey the special features of each house.

Language: English
Pages: 159
Illustrations: 188 Color Illustrations. 22 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11“ x 8 1/2“
Binding: Softbound
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Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9516827756
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Code: 5730
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Aalto set up his first architect’s office in his home city Jyvaskyla, which is often called “ œthe Athens of Finland.“ Here he created his first works as an architect, here one sees his hand in residential and commerical buildings and churches, here one sees the great influence Italian architecture had on his work.

Language: English/ Finnish
Pages: 120
Illustrations: 190 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9“ sq
Binding: Clothbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 1.50
ISBN: 9519563288
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Code: 1802
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Aalto’s life was closely tied to Jyväskyla and its outlying areas, and his later designs are conspicuous in the city’s architecture. In 1969 the Alvar Aalto Museum began operation, and continues to be, as per the wishes of Aalto himself, a living museum, universal, not restricted to the work of a single artist, a museum where the visual arts and architecture are represented in all their complexity.

Language: Finnish w/ English summary
Pages: 56
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 55 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9“ x 10“
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Survey
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Weight: 0.75
ISBN: 9519164197
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Code: 1803
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Web Site Only

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