Alvar Aalto : architecture, modernity, and geopolitics

Alvar Aalto : architecture, modernity, and geopolitics / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen.

"Perhaps no other great modern architect has been linked to a native country as closely as Alvar Aalto (1898-1976). Critics have argued that the essence of Finland flows, as if naturally, into his quasi-organic forms, ranging from such buildings as the Baker House in Cambridge, Massachusetts, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Aalto, Alvar, > 1898-1976 > Criticism and interpretation.
Aalto, Alvar, > 1898-1976
Architecture and society.
Regionalism in architecture.
International style (Architecture)
International Style (modern European architecture style)
Architecture and society
Regionalism in architecture
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Geography of (Aalto's) architecture
  • pt. 1. Making of a nation. In search of a national style ; Toward a cultural revival ; National identity in the age of mass culture
  • pt. 2. New geographies. Pan-European aspirations ; Being international ; Regional plans
  • pt. 3. Formal registers. Organic lines ; Geopolitics of fame ; Ambiguity
  • Conclusion: Geopolitics of architecture.

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