ALVAR AALTO BY LOUNA LAHTI TASCHEN HARDCOVER BOOK MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE

GENTLY USED HARDCOVER BOOK ON THE TOPIC OF FINNISH ARCHITECT ALVAR AALTO

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 STRUCTURES TENDED TO REPLACE PLASTER AND STEEL WITH BRICK AND WOOD, OFTEN INCORPORATING UNDULATING, WAVE-LIKE FORMS, WHICH WOULD ALSO APPEAR IN HIS CHAIR, GLASSWARE, AND LAMP DESIGNS. AN ADHERENT TO DETAIL, AALTO INSISTED UPON THE HUMANITY OF HIS WORK STATING: “MODERN ARCHITECTURE DOES NOT MEAN USING IMMATURE NEW MATERIALS; THE MAIN THING IS TO WORK WITH MATERIALS TOWARDS A MORE HUMAN LINE.”

FORMAT: HARDCOVER
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
ISBN: 3836560100
ISBN13: 9783836560108
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 2015
PUBLISHER: TASCHEN
LENGTH: 96 PAGES