The Religious Architecture of Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto
$144.29
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2023
Summary
This book offers the first critical account of Studio Aalto’s religious modern architecture. Aalto’s ecclesiastical oeuvre is viewed as an evocative subgenre of the practice’s portfolio, but its relationship to religion has eluded enquiry. Where previously discussed, the longstanding collaboration between Aalto and the Church has been put down to reciprocal expediency, and the buildings perceived as spatially and structurally stirring experiments, yet devoid of religious meanings or implicati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848226227 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848226225 |
| Author: | Sofia Singler |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.21kg |
| Dimensions: | 250mm x 190mm x 24mm |
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‘While the book travels deep into specifically Finnish territory, the questions it raises have strongly universal dimensions for all modern architecture.’ - Timothy Alouani-Roby, Indesign
About The Author
Sofia Singler
Dr. Sofia Singler is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow and College Lecturer in Architecture at St John’s College, Cambridge. Trained as both an architect and an architectural historian, she has collaborated with the Alvar Aalto Museum in Finland for more than a decade. Previously, she held the Edward P. Bass Scholarship at the Yale School of Architecture and a Gates Trust Scholarship at Cambridge.
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