Alvar Aalto :

Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa.

Alvar Aalto : architecture, modernity, and geopolitics / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009. - ix, 229 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index.

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.

9780300114287 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300114281 (cloth : alk. paper)

2008045538

GBA906035 bnb

014883408 Uk


Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 --Criticism and interpretation.


Architecture and society.
Regionalism in architecture.
International style (Architecture)

NA1455.F53 / A2355 2009

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