Alvar Aalto Helsinki (22 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stiff paper wraps in very good condition. Many people contributed to this biography such as Pekka Suhonen, Timo Keinanen, Lars hedman, Jaakko Kontio, Arvid ekelund, Goran Schildt, Jouni Lompolo, Veikko O. Hannukkala, Matti Kivinen, Maria Ritta Norri, and Renja Suominen Kokkonen. Quite a few photo illustrations of Aalto projects and life. 169 pages.

Softcover. Softcover, 240 pages, with 150 illustrations, 75 in colour. Cover slightly rubbed, spine browned by sunlight with little signs of use. Book in good condition. Additionally free gift: Alvar Aalto. Alvar Aaallon Oma Talo Ja Toimisto, Helsinki & Kulttuuritalo / House of Culture, Helsinki. 2 booklets, ed. By Alvar Aaalto Museo, Jyväskylä, illustrated with photographs. Gewicht: 890.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Polemical Aalto: The Enso-Gutzeit Headquarters, Helsinki, 1959-1962, by Alvar Aalto - A Formal Analysis (Datutop 19). In English. Pages unmarked, mild wear.

As a young architect in 1925, Aalto wrote, ôThe only proper goal of architecture is: build naturally. DonÆt overdo it. DonÆt do anything without good reason. Everything superfluous turns ugly with time.ö This requirement that Aalto set for architecture was beautifully realized in his own residential and office building which was completed in 1936. A marvelous guide to AaltoÆs creative streak, in its most personal manifestation., English/ Finnish, Year1999, Illust. B/W31, Illust. Color, ISBN 9529845987, Code 4544. Softbound, In Pristine Condition, Bio. Pages 32, Size 8 1/2ösq.

In 1954-5, Aalto designed a studio building in the Munkkiniemi district of Helsinki in order to ease the space problems in his office. He created an open-plan office with a drawing office in addition to the actual studio itself, in order ôto provide both peace for the individual to work in and the opportunity to work as a group.ö, English/ Finnish, Year1999, Illust. B/W24, Illust. Color, ISBN 9529845995, Code 4547. Softbound, In Pristine Condition, Pages 28, Size 8 1/2ösq.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Text in English. 144 pp. The Enso-Gutzeit Headquarters (1959-1962)in Helsinki s considered one of Alvar Aalto's most controversial works. It is also considered a minor work, falling outside the general uderstanding and oppreciation of Aalto's architecture. Many of the themes found in Aalto's most respected works are also found here, but they have not crystalised into meaningful form. Rather than making us look at the world wvith different eyes, the building seems to be something all too familiar, a standard commerciol office building, albeit one with aesthetic pretensions. By the time of the project, Aalto was already o well known public figure in Finland, and this was his mark in the heart of the Finnish civitas. Aalto's response to the sensitive site, a building with a marble-clad modular grid facade, has been considered among other things, ironic, cynical, too abstract, commercial, a child's erector kit, sensitive and poetically severe. Locals know it as the "sokeripala" (the sugar cube). Aalto himself refered to it as a palozzo. In this study the nature of the polemic is anolysed; how Aaito's orchitectural style could be praised in one context and criticised in this one. The building is also anolysed formolly, showing how it fits into the site context and Aalto's oeuvre, parficularly in regard to his response to the city.

Paperback. Fine.

8° (21 x 21 cm) kartoniert. 48 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen. Texte finnisch und englisch.Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.

HelsinkiÆs House of Culture, consisting of a concert hall, office-building, and lecture wing, represents a turning point in AaltoÆs architecture. He masterfully combines both sculptural cubism and unconstrained plasticity of form. As this building is sandwiched between traffic and nature, Aalto appropriately used two kinds of form: organic and rational. A poignant introduction to AaltoÆs notable free-form red brick buildings of the 1950s., English/Finnish, Year2000, Illust. B/W30, Illust. Color, ISBN 9525371018, Code 4539. Softbound, In Pristine Condition, Bio. Pages 32, Size 8 1/2ösq.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. AALTO, ELISSA./FLEIG, KARL. Barcelona, 1982. Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A. Cartoné editorial con sobrecubierta. 236pp., 23x28,5cm. Edición bilingüe en portugués y español. Ilustrado con fotografías, planos y dibujos en b/n. Buen estado, sobrecubierta desgastada.

4°, Broschiert. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 40 S., 4 Bl. Mit zahlreichen beidseitigen teils farbigen Fotografien. Grundrisse/Pläne. Zweisprachig (englisch/japanisch). Zweispaltig. Einband am Rand leicht nachgedunkelt und leicht berieben. Schnitt und Seitenwerk minimal nachgebräunt. Insgesamt handelt es sich um ein noch sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar. MIG-13-06A Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 478.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, unpaginated, approx. 50pp on glossy art paper, colour plates, etc. Text in English throughout. . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Condition: Near fine. First Edition. 23 x 25cm 40pp brochure with black and white reproductions, plus 36 plates on heavy paper, full-size fold-out drawing of foyer published to accompany the exhibition Alvar Aalto: Process and Culture at the RIBA Heinz Gallery, London, 1998; 36 fine photographic plates; essays by Peter Ahrends, Harry Charrington, Edward Cullinan, Norman Foster, Richard McCormack, Tapani Mustonen and Colin St. John Wilson. All contained in a hard, blue card slipcase. ß Loose brochures and cards in slipcase.

brohure+loose plates in slipcase, 4to oblong brochure 40 pp., 36 plates on heavy paper, full-size fold-out drawing of foyer published to accompany the exhibition Alvar Aalto: Process and Culture at the RIBA Heinz Gallery, London, 1998; 36 fine photographic plates; essays by Peter Ahrends, Harry Charrington, Edward Cullinan, Norman Foster, Richard McCormack, Tapani Mustonen and Colin St. John Wilson; LIKE NEW condition; VERY RARE.

broschiert, 0. zahlr. Abbildungen, 169 S., broschiert, gut erhalten, 0,800 kg.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R320106920: 1961. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 50 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en couleurs et en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - . . . . Classification Dewey : 430-Langues germaniques. Allemand.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, unpaginated, approx. 50pp on glossy art paper, colour plates, etc. Text in English throughout. Inscribed and signed by Curtis on the title-page PLUS private view invitation card, and a French language review of the exhibition from L'Architecture d' Aujourdhui (Sep - Oct 2000) both loosely inserted . [CONDITION: AS NEW ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Original-Broschur, Gr.-4°, 40 Seiten. Edit. and Photographed by Yukio Futagawa, Text by Akiro Muto. Rücken stark gestaucht, Umschlag etwas vergilbt sonst guter Zustand.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Text in English. 169 pp. Crease on the rear cover.

Yukio Futagawa (illustrator). First Edition. Folio. 40 pages of color and black and white photographs of the exterior and interior and 6 architectural renderings of the roof plan, main level,1st and 2nd floor, and a plan of the lobby and mail hall with visitors' booths. A near fine copy bound in a color pictorial stiff paper wraps lettered in red and black, spine lettering black.

Harry Charrington & Rakennustieto, Helsinki 1998. Quadrangle 8°. 39 pages with b/w illustrations. Orig. soft cover. 36 plates with drawings in b/w and photos in colour. Full-size fold-out drawing of plans and elevations of foyer handrail in 1:5. All housed in orig. blue cloth slipcase. Plates with light traces of handling. Fold-out drawing with small area of creases. Leaflet with faint trace of small note on rear cover. Near fine. * Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Alvar Aalto: Process and Culture" at RIBA Heinz Gallery in London, 1998. **An exploration of the project from commission, through first sketches, design and construction to the finished building. **Scarce.

This exhibition concentrates on a single building, the House of Culture/ Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki (1952-58); and examines the design and construction process from the first sketches through to completion with complete to scale architectural drawings, photographs and models. It also brings the story of the building up-to-date, with an account of its vicissitudes and its recent restoration. The genius of Alvar Aalto shows in different materials used on the building from copper to wood and glass to details like a door handle, the rain gutters, the light fixtures, the beautiful railing for the stairway - all on 9ö square cards ready to be framed and accompanied by a booklet with text., English, Year1998, Illust. B/W48, Illust. Color9, ISBN 951682515x, Code 2851. Clothbound, In near perfect condition, Location of Exhibition: London, England, Cat. of exh. Bibl. Pages 71, Size 9 1/2öx 9ö.