Alvar Aalto Critical Study by Quantrill Malcolm (16 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Text in English. 307 pp. Minor scratching on dust jacket. Both as an architect and an industrial designer Alvar Aalto was exceptional in the scope of his influence; in the breadth of his inventiveness he was extraordinary A deep understanding of his native Finnish tradition inspired in him an approach to space and form that was intensely idiosyncratic. In common with other great masters, his expression was not confined within a single idiom. But if we seek one main tendency in Aalto's raison d'être it will be found in his command of modern technology and his integration of it with a humanized style of building. Throughout his long career Nature was his essential point of reference even while another lasting influence was his education in the classical mode. Within the disciplines imposed by limited ranges of materials, his achievements were alluring in their variety; and in the steps of Eliel Saarinen and Frank Lloyd Wright he also sought an organic synthesis of his buildings with their surroundings. In this definitive appreciation of Aalto's oeuvre, Professor Quantrill assesses its development against the background of both the Finnish National Romantic and the Modern movements in architecture. His critique of all Aalto's most significant buildings and furniture designs is complemented by a selection of photographs that penetratingly displays the working of his subject's mind in every stage of creativity, from spontaneous exploration in the initial sketches to the fitness of the completed detail. There is a comprehensive list of buildings designed by Aalto, or designs to which he contributed, and an extensive bibliography. Professor Quantrill first met Alvar and Elissa Aalto at Muuratsalo in June 1953 and he has been studying and photographing Aalto's buildings ever since. As a consequence, this study offers an arresting insight into one of the century's greatest architects and, as a work of reference for all serious students of architecture, it is indispensable.

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A refreshing study of the career of the Finnish modern master, Alvar Aalto, whose mastery of technology and humanistic style led him, like Saarinen and Frank Lloyd Wright, to seek organic synthesis of structure with surroundings. This visually well-endowed survey of AaltoÆs background development to his later projects, proves an informative introduction for the general reader, as well as an invaluable resource for the specialist., English, Year1989, Illust. B/W262, Illust. Color8, ISBN 0941533352., Code 0109. Softbound, In Pristine Condition, First US paperback edition, Location of Exhibition: Museum of Finnish Architecture., Bibl. Bio. Index. Cat. of exh. Pages 307, Size 9 1/2öx7ö.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. Book is in excellent condition with a little scuffing to the blue cloth HB covers, some also at bottom cover edge, otherwise very clean Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the signs of shelf wear with two small closed tears, top spine crunched a bit, edgewear. Now wrapped in clear protective cover. Lots of b&w, some color photos, charts, diagrams, layouts, floor plants, elevations, architectural details. .Alvar Aalto was remarkably inventive in architecture and industrial design. Moreover, his command of technology was integrated with a humanistic style of building, and like Saarinen and Frank Lloyd Wright he sought an organic synthesis of his structures with their surroundings. Aalto's success in approaching these ideals may account for the extraordinary spread of his influence on an international scale. In this broad study of Aalto's work, Malcolm Quantrill assesses its development in terms of two powerful sources-the Finnish National Romantic movement and the Modern movement in architecture. His critique of Aalto's most significant buildings and furniture designs is complemented by photographs of many stages of their creation, from the spontaneity of initial sketches to the completed detail. Professor Quantrill first met Alvar and Elissa Aalto at Muuratsalo in June 1953, and he has been studying and photographing Aalto's buildings ever since. His book provides striking insights into the work of one of the greatest architects of the century.

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