Alvar Aalto: Second Nature |
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| Artist:
| Aalto, Alvar |
| Editor:
| Eisenbrand, Jochen
Kries, Mateo |
| Text by:
| Eisenbrand, Jochen
Gadanho, Pedro
Kuhlmann, Dörte
MacKeith, Peter
Marefat, Mina
Michelis, Marco
Moravánszky, Ákos
Mumford, Eric |
| ISBN: | 978-3-931936-93-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | Vitra Design Museum GmbH
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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The richly illustrated book is the first in many years to offer a comprehensive and current overview of Aalto's oeuvre as an architect, designer and urban planner. Ten authors, such as the renowned architectural historians Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Akos Moravanszky and MoMA curator Pedro Gadanho, address central aspects in Aalto's work. Particular attention is directed to Aalto's dialogue with important artists of his day, including L#65533;szl#65533; Moholy -Nagy, Jean Arp, Alexander...
More DescriptionThe richly illustrated book is the first in many years to offer a comprehensive and current overview of Aalto's oeuvre as an architect, designer and urban planner. Ten authors, such as the renowned architectural historians Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Akos Moravanszky and MoMA curator Pedro Gadanho, address central aspects in Aalto's work. Particular attention is directed to Aalto's dialogue with important artists of his day, including L#65533;szl#65533; Moholy -Nagy, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder and Fernand L#65533;ger, as well as his interest in film, cinema and photography whose influences on his work are examined here for the first time. The catalogue section presents numerous never-before-seen original drawings and architectural models from the archive of the Alvar Aalto Foundation. The new contemporary perspective on Alvar Aalto is complemented with photographs by Armin Linke who documented a number of Aalto's buildings anew especially for this publication. As these images demonstrate: Aalto's work is as current and inspiring today as at the time of its creation.