Aalto
$48.75
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2015
Summary
Alvar Aalto: Organic Modernist
Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice.
Whether a church, a villa, a sauna, or a public library, Aalto’s organic str…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836560108 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3836560100 |
| Series: | Basic Art |
| Author: | Louna Lahti, Peter Gössel |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 623g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 210mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Louna Lahti
Finnish-born Louna Lahti worked for the Alvar Aalto Society for many years, first as exhibition secretary and later as treasurer, before establishing her own firm in 1984. She has lectured and published extensively on visual arts and architecture.
Peter Gössel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. He has published TASCHEN monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra, as well as several titles in the Basic Architecture series.
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