Aalto (Art albums)

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 incoporating undulating, wave-like forms, which would also appear in his chair, glassware, and lamp designs.An adherent to detail, Aalto insisted upon the humanity and societal role of architecture, stating: “Modern architecture does not mean using immature new materials; the main thing is to work with materials towards a more human line.” Many of his p

Finnish-born Louna Lahti worked for the Alvar Aalto Society for many years, first as exhibition secretary and later as treasurer, before establishing her own firm in 1984. . She has lectured and published extensively on visual arts and architecture.Peter Gössel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. Schindler, John Lautner and Richard Neutra as well as several title

From the Publisher A Compact Overview of the World's Greatest Architects TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series Basic Architecture features: • Each title contains approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans • Introductory essays explore the architect’s life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects • The body presents the most important works in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes, construction problems (why some projects were never executed), and resolutions • The appendix includes a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect’s most famous buildings

"A nice little book." according to Opera Man. I wanted a book which showed photos and diagrams of Aalto's greatest houses and buildings.This book was just what I was looking for. I don't want a book with long dissertations about his life and work. Look elsewhere for that. I like this little book a lot. It's is colorful and inexpensive. I recommend it.. Garrett E. Garner said "Basic". When they call this book "basic," they mean it. There is nothing deep or philosophical contained within these pages. Instead, this is an overview of the main works that Aalto produced during his career. Projects range from his Savoy vases to entire buildings. This is a good starting point for anyone who is interested in learning more about Aalto's work and nice to have as a basic reference. For the price, t. Dry, but an inexpensive introduction I love Aalto's work, but this book was just dry.I give it 3.5 only because it's meant to be an inexpensive introduction to Aalto's work, and it is inexpensivebut the writing is just dry. You really get nothing from the articles about the buildingsbut it is a nice intro to the architect's life and it does showcase a few of his best worksalbeit in a dry mannerIf you aren't really interested in his work, this