This architect (1894-1949), is the great unknown factor behind her internationally renowned husband Alvar Aalto. As a designer, she is primarily known for her work in glass. Her life’s work ranged from architecture to photography and the applied arts and design. Presented in this grand and beautiful book is a gifted and independent designer who was much more than her husband’s muse. Included is a list of works as an architect and an interior and furniture designer.

Language: English/Finnish
Pages: 236
Illustrations: 76 Color Illustrations. 182 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x 9 1/2”
Binding: Clothbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 4
ISBN: 9525371190
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Miscellaneous: Bibl.


Code: 5414
Condition: In Pristine Condition
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This gorgeous book on one of the great masters of modern architecture and design covers everything but his buildings. It includes his lighting, all his furniture and the glass. The innovations in form and line in his furniture designs sowed the seed from which many of his architectural ideas sprang forth. Alvar Aalto’s(1898-1976) contribution to modernism has truly inspired and been a catalyst for the world. Includes a list of his main building projects.

Language: English
Pages: 240
Illustrations: 304 Color Illustrations. 20 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x 9 1/2”
Binding: Clothbound with Jacket
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 2
ISBN: 9525371042
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Miscellaneous: Bio. Index.


Code: 4998
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An edited version of the original Finnish book from 1997. Interviews with recognizable characters and contemporaries in the Aalto office and ‘court’ are mixed with stories from the family, the chauffer, the glass collector and the waiter, plus many others. We understand more about social brilliance, the art of intrigue and intimidation, and we get glimpses of a humane Aalto.

Language: English
Pages: 191
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 35 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8”x 6”
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9516826199
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Code: 4932
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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
Status: Web Site Only

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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
ISBN: 8519994815
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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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Code: 5507
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Status: New

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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: Hardbound with Cloth Spine
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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Status: New

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A book on the Alvar Aalto museum where his own works are permanently shown as well as continuous exhibitions of temporary fine arts and architecture. Plans and elevations included.

Language: Finnish/English
Pages: 20
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 26 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2”x 8 1/2”
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 0.25
ISBN: 9529845723
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Code: 4986
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As a young architect in 1925, Aalto wrote, “The only proper goal of architecture is: build naturally. Don’t overdo it. Don’t do anything without good reason. Everything superfluous turns ugly with time.” This requirement that Aalto set for architecture was beautifully realized in his own residential and office building which was completed in 1936. A marvelous guide to Aalto’s creative streak, in its most personal manifestation.

Language: English/ Finnish
Pages: 32
Illustrations: 31 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2”sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 0.25
ISBN: 952945987
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Code: 4544
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In 1954-5, Aalto designed a studio building in the Munkkiniemi district of Helsinki in order to ease the space problems in his office. He created an open-plan office with a drawing office in addition to the actual studio itself, in order “to provide both peace for the individual to work in and the opportunity to work as a group.”

Language: English/ Finnish
Pages: 28
Illustrations: 24 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2”sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Monographs
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Weight: 0.25
ISBN: 9529845995
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Code: 4547
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Backlist

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