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050			_aNA 1445 .W47 1995
100			_aWeston, Richard. _eauthor
245		0	_aAlvar Aalto / _cRichard Weston
260			_aLondon, United Kingdom : _bPhaidon Press Limited, _cc1995
300			_a240 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c29 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aAalto and Finland -- Classical foundations -- Functionalism and beyond -- Dwelling in the modern world -- Nature and culture -- Sense of place -- Individual, institution, city -- The town centre and the Academic campus -- Places of assembly.
520			_aInternationally renowned as one of the major achievements of modern architecture, the work of Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was deeply rooted in the culture and the landscape of his native Finland. A Grand Duchy of Russia until the revolution of 1917, the newly independent state promoted architecture as a means of establishing its identity as a social democracy, and in Aalto found an architect with the ambition and talents to meet the challenge. Throughout a long and fertile career his work embraced almost all the key public institutions - town halls, libraries, theatres, churches, universities and government departments - as well as social housing and private dwellings, and he brought to buildings of every type and scale a profound concern for the physical and psychological needs of their individual users, as well as remarkable sensitivity to natural sites and materials and to the experimental qualities of architecture. The complete range of his work is examined through a study of recurring themes - the dialogue between nature and culture, the reciprocity of the individual and the collective, building and place.
650			_aAALTO, ALVAR, 1898-1976 -- CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
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