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Aalto, Alvar: ALVAR AALTO’S STUDIO, HELSINKI/ ALVAR AALON ATELJEE 1954-55.
Author: Lukkarinen, Päivi, ed
Country: Finland
Language: English/ Finnish
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 28
Illustrations: 24 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8 1/2”sq
Weight: 0.00
ISBN: 9529845995
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4547
Price: $29.50
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.”
Aalto, Alvar: DRAWN IN SAND. Unrealised Visions By Alvar Aalto
Author: Aila Kolehmainen & Esa Laaksonen, eds
Country: Finland
Language: English/ Finnish
Year Published: 2002
No. of pages: 116
Illustrations: 16 Color Illustrations. 340 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11”x 12”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9525371069
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh.
Code: 5004
Price: $99.50
This book and the exhibition that accompanies it provide a fascinating addition to our knowledge of Aalto’s work as a whole. The projects presented here have been chosen from lesser-known work of different periods and were mainly designed to be built outside Finland. Here is a voyage of discovery for the reader into what is perhaps one of the most interesting areas of Aalto’s work. How unrealised designs would have turned out in reality, however, will remain an eternal question mark. Includes plans and elevations.
AALTO, ALVAR: Elämälle Herkempi Rakenne (A Gentler Structure for Life).
Author: Markku Lahti
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish/ English/ German/ Italian
Year Published: 2000
No. of pages: 175
Illustrations: 66 Color Illustrations. 157 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound
Size: 14”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 9516824757
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 3242
Price: $110.00
This lavish, clothbound monograph on the architecture and social program of Alvar Aalto features extensive photographs of many lesser known public building interiors and exterior details. Text and titles are in four languages, making this volume truly accessible to a wide audience. It is the most recent, and one of the richest additions to the worldwide Aalto bibliography. Though not the most comprehensive book on Aalto, it is a visual delight, featuring three four-page foldouts, in a stunning and poetic display of his work.
Aalto, Alvar: EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE, MUURATSALO / MUURATSALO KOETALO 1952-54.
Author: Marjo Holma, Päivi Lukkarinen
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish/ English
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 28
Illustrations: 38 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”sq
Weight: 0.00
ISBN: 9529845464
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 2849
Price: $19.50
Photo survey in pamphlet form of a small experimental studio house by Aalto from the 1950s on a Finnish archipelago island. Includes plans and sketches, with English translation.
Aalto, Alvar: FINLANDIA HALL/ FINLANDIA-TALO.
Author: Lukkarinen, Päivi, ed
Country: Finland
Language: English/ Finnish
Year Published: 2000
No. of pages: 32
Illustrations: 32 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8 1/2”sq
Weight: 0.00
ISBN: 952537100x
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4538
Price: $29.50
A short, but illuminating guide about Aalto’s monumental Finlandia Hall, built between 1967-71 as the first civic building in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. This Finnish concert and congress hall exhibits many of the ideas that Aalto experimented with during his lifetime, including Aalto’s extreme attention to detail. The building consists of an impressively large and asymmetrical auditorium that incorporates a special wing for congress purposes.