Alvar Aalto Pirkko Tuukkanen (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Excellent used condition soft cover, unbroken spine and unmarked text, light edge wear, Ships from Berlin Bookshop bxn101.

Alvar Aalto Foundation/Museum, 2002. 29,5 x 23,5 cm. Hardcover (clothbound) with dustjacket. Illustrated in color and b/w throughout. 240 pages. NEAR FINE COPY [Design / Vormgeving ].

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 48 pp. Text in Japanese. In the district of Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, the Alvar Alto House was the building where the famous architect developed most of his life and career. Alvar and Aino Aalto designed the house at Riihitie 20 as their home and architectural office in 1935-36. The house now serves as a home museum.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. MINT condition, still sealed. 242 pages, large hardcover with dust jacket, 11.75" by 9.5". Text in English. Exemplary book focused on the design work of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, the most comprehensive book to date on his achievements in interior design and decorative arts. Elegantly printed and designed, drawing or original documents, vintage brochures and period photos, and profusely illustrated with superb color photos of his furniture, lighting, and glasswork. An outstanding publication produced to the highest standards, an essential book on 20th-century Modernist design. Out of print and scarce.

Soft Cover. Condition: New. 4th Edition. 240 pp. Alvar Aalto is recognized today as one of the great masters of modern arvhitecture. Through the innovations in form and line that were born in his furniture designs, Aalto's name has also become important in the history of design. His contriburion to furniture design was among his foremost achievements in its own right, and it sowed the seed from which many of his architectural ideas sprang forth. This book is the first comprehensive illustrated book on the designs of Alvar Aalto. Articles written by experts will shed light on many aspects of Aalto's 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.