Author: Alvar Aalto
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9784900450035
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alvar Aalto
Publisher: Mit Press
Published: 1988-01
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780262510400
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Alvar Aalto's furniture designs are a superb example of an uncompromising spirit that has managed to overcome the boundaries of style and taste, fashion and social class. The nearly 300 illustrations in this book, many in full color, document the range of Aalto's accomplishments from his first known work to the latest bentwood variations by Artek Studio, and include the architect's own working sketches.
Author: Juhani Pallasmaa
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9789519229324
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The story of Alvar Aalto's furniture, from his first known work in 1919 to the latest bentwood variations by Artek, has been reconstructed here in four articles. Mr. Igor Herler, architect and scholar, reveals hitherto unknown designs of Aalto's youth ; Mr. Göran Schildt, Ph.D., author and Aalto's biographer, studies the evolution of his "trademark", the bentwood furniture, and the creation of the Artek company ; Ms. Marja-Liisa Parko, interior architect, formerly employed in the Artek Design Studio, recalls the relations between Aalto and the Artek Studio and touches on some of the technical aspects of production ; and finally, Ms. Elissa Aalto, Alvar's wife and partner, in collaboration with Ms. Marja-Riitta Norri, writes on fixed furniture in Aalto's architecture as an organic extension of his designs for standard furniture." -- p. 11.
Author: Alvar Aalto
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published to accompany exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 19/2 19/5 1998.
Author: Patricia de Muga
Publisher: Ediciones Polígrafa S.A.
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788434311435
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is the most prestigious Finnish architect of the last century, and the father of Nordic Modernism. He once said, God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper. In the U.S. Aalto's critical reception began with his design for the Finnish Pavilion at the 1939 World Fair in New York: Frank Lloyd Wright described it as a work of genius. After World War II, Aalto also designed MIT's student dormitory. Prior to this, the architect's Paimio Sanatorium (1929) and Viipuri Library (1935), both in Finland, had already attracted international praise. He was also an outstanding town planner, painter and sculptor. Aalto's Modernism entailed the use of natural materials, warm colors, and undulating lines, and he is considered an important early exponent of Organic Design as a result. Of his design work outside of architecture, Aalto's vases, lamps, glassware and laminated bent-plywood furniture (pioneered and produced through the design company he co-founded, Artek) are equally esteemed. Iconic pieces include the Savoy Vase, the Paimio Chair and the Beehive Lamp. This monograph on Aalto's highly collectible furniture designs expands our understanding of the diverse abilities of this influential architect/designer.
Author: Pirkko Tuukkanen
Publisher: Alvar Aalto Museo
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789525371048
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Alvar Aalto is recognized today as one of the great masters of modern architecture. His architecture is distinctly Finnish. It is marked by humanity and strong individuality. This book is the first comprehensive illustrated book on the designs of Aalto. Articles written by experts will shed light on many aspects of his wide-ranging scope as a designer of furniture, glass, and light fittings. The book also contains an illustrated catalogue of Aalto's best-known designs and their variations. Aalto's contribution to modernism has truly inspired and has been a catalyst for the world.
Author: Karl Fleig
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2014-08-20
Total Pages: 764
ISBN-13: 3038216550
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Alvar Aalto, born 1898 in Kuortane in Finland, is one of the last of the works personalities of the twentieth century architecture generation. His buildings, from urban planning to simple residential buildings, function as a single organism. He was never interested in formal architectural theories. The path of each building is fascinating, from the first fleeting sketches to the completed work handed over to the client, and strongly defined by the personality of the architect. Everything remains alive and in motion, seems casual and natural as if it grew naturally out of the surroundings. The unique sense for the importance of individual components and construction phases makes it possible to identify a complex of individual style, even in modest construction tasks. Hence, Aalto's designs and experiments result in furniture, lamps, curtains, and many other things that make a house habitable. The central theme of his work is the unity of idea, form, and way of life.