Book Description
From neo-classicist and rationalist origins, Alvar Aalto developed a distinctive personal style, simultaneously expressive and functional, and clearly focussed on human needs and requirements. This portrait of Finland's most famous architect provides a compact survey and ideal introduction to Aalto's fascinating life and work, complete with plans, drawings and photographs.
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Text: English, Japanese (translation)
Alvar Aalto FROM THE PUBLISHER
With an abundance of images and documentation, this book presents close to 100 works and projects, ordered by typology, with a short section devoted to furniture and lighting design, and includes an exhaustive catalogue of all of Alvar Aalto's buildings and schemes and a biographical profile.
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