AALTO, ALVAR ARCHITECT THE AALTO HOUSE 1935-36 Volume 6.

Author: Pallasmaa, Juhani, ed
Country: Finland
Code: 5506
Language: English
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 152
Illustrations: 71 Color Illustrations. 188 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10”x 12”
Weight: 3.00
Price: 295.00

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.

AALTO, ALVAR IN HIS OWN WORDS.

Author: Schildt, Göran, ed
Country: New York
Code: 4583
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 287
Illustrations: 97 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10”x 8”
Weight: 3.00
Price: 55.00

To celebrate the centennial of Aalto’s birth, this book presents, for the first time, an illuminating collection of over 75 of his visionary lectures, speeches, articles, and other writings, as well as 100 archival drawings and some plans and elevations. As the official guidebook to Aalto’s philosophies and works, this personal collection reveals the brilliant mind of the master, for architects, students, theorists, and all admirers of his renowned architectural legacy.

AALTO, ALVAR VYBORG LIBRARY, THE TECHNOLOGY OF SENSATIONS. DO_CO,MO.MO_ International Working Party for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement Dossier 7

Author: Wedebrunn, Ola, Maija Kairamo, Tapani Mustonen, eds
Country: Denmark
Code: 5474
Language: English/Russian
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 144
Illustrations: 120 Color Illustrations. 59 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 42.50

The legendary Library, designed by Alvar Aalto (1927-1935), is situated in the beautiful city of Vyborg, Russia, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, between Helsinki and St Petersburg. In September 2003 the Docomomo International Specialist Committee on Technology (ISC/T) arranged the 7th International Seminar and Workshop of Technology in New York. The title of the seminar was The Case Study and the Technology of Sensations. The aim of the seminar was to experience the technology of the Modern Movement in a workshop held in the chosen case study. The papers presented in this book are the results of research and examinations at the location integrated as theoretical, practical and methodological issues considered in relation to restoration. Various aspects of the building construction as well as lighting, acoustics and the sensations of hands-on experience have been examined.

AALTO, ALVAR- ARCHITECTURE IN FINLAND.

Author: Elina Standertskjöld, ed
Country: Finland
Code: 2432
Language: Finnish/English/Swedish
Year Published: 1989
No. of pages: 40
Illustrations: 40 Color Illustrations.
Size: 7”x 4”
Weight: 0.00
Price: 12.50

AALTO, ALVAR.

Author: Asensio, Paco ed
Country: Spain
Code: 5798
Language: English/French/German/Italian
Year Published: 2002
No. of pages: 79
Illustrations: 99 Color Illustrations. 26 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x 7”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 49.50

Aalto was born in 1898 in the village of Kuortane. Later, he moved to Jyväskylä, a town that now holds 37 of his buildings. He went on to study at Helsinki University of Technology. After living in Turku for a time, he then moved to Helsinki, where he worked until his death in 1976. Aalto’s work was very broad in scope, ranging from buildings to furniture, glassware, jewelry, and other forms of art. Whether he was designing buildings or town plans, he always tried to achieve artistic harmony through a synergistic method involving people and their environment. A fresh new series about the masters of modern architecture. This volume is packed with dazzling photographs of exteriors and interiors, detailed plans and brief, comprehensive texts. Plans and elevations included.