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

By: Pelkonen, Eeva-LiisaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009Description: ix, 229 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN: 9780300114287 (cloth : alk. paper); 0300114281 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation | Architecture and society | Regionalism in architecture | International style (Architecture)DDC classification: 720.92 LOC classification: NA1455.F53 | A2355 2009
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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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.

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