Alvar Aalto / [editor and original text: Aurora Cuito ; English translation, William Bain ...].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.

Contributor:

Cuito, Aurora.

Series:

Archipocket

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.

Aalto, Alvar.

Architecture--Finland--20th century.

Architecture.

Finland.

Physical Description:

79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kempen : te Neues, 2002.

Language Note:

Text in English, German, French, and Italian.

Summary:

Alvar Aalto was born in 1898 in the village of Kuortane. Later, he moved to Jyvaskyla, a town that now holds 37 of his buildings. He went on to study at Helsinki University of Technology. After living in Turku for a time, he then moved to Helsinki, where he worked until his death in 1976. Aalto's work was very broad in scope, ranging from buildings to furniture, glassware, jewelry, and other forms of art. Whether he was designing buildings or town plans, he always tried to achieve artistic harmony through a synergistic method involving people and their environment.

Alvar Aalto est ne en 1898 dans le village de Kuortane. Il le quitta pour Jyvaskyla, une ville accueillant aujourd'hui 37 de ses constructions. Il partit etudier a I'Universite de technologie d'Helsinki. Apres avoir vecu quelques temps a Turku, il revint a Helsinki pour y travailler jusqu'a sa mort, en 1976. L'oeuvre d'Aalto couvre un large panorama, des immeubles au mobilier, verrerie, bijoux et autres formes artistiques. Tant pour la conception d'immeubles que pour des plans d'urbanisme, il eut toujours pour objectif l'harmonie artistique grace a des methodes synergiques unissant les etres et leur environnement.

Alvar Aalto wurde 1898 in Kuortane geboren, von wo er nach Jyvaskyla zog, einer Stadt, die heute 37 seiner Bauten beherbergt. Er studierte an der Technischen Hochschule in Helsinki. Nachdem er einige Zeit in Turku gelebt hatte, zog er endgultig nach Helsinki zuruck, wo er bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1976 arbeitete. Die Werke von Aalto umfassen eine breit-gefacherte Palette, von der Architektur bis hin zum Design von Mobeln, Schmuck und anderen Kunstformen. Ob er Gebaude oder Stadtplane entwarf, Aalto strebte stets nach der kunstlerischen Harmonie zwischen Projekt, Umgebung und den Menschen, fur die es bestimmt ist.

Alvar Aalto nacque nel 1889 nella cittadina di Kourtane. In seguito si trasferi a Jyvaskyla, una citta che ora raccoglie 37 dei suoi edifici. Completo gli studi tecnici all'Universita di Helsinki, Dopo aver vissuto un periodo a Turku, si trasferi ad Helsinki dove lavoro fino alla sua morte, nel 1976. L'opera di Alvar Aalto ha coperto un ampio raggio d'azione, dalle costruzioni all'arredamento, dagli oggetti in vetro alla i gioielleria ed alle varie espressioni dell'arte. Sia progettando edifici che piani urbanistici, cerco sempre di raggiungere l'armonia artistica attraverso una metodologia in grado di realizzare l'assoluta sinergia tra uomo e ambiente.

Contents:

Paimio Tuberculosis Sanatorium 8

Viipuri City Library 16

Villa Mairea 22

Baker House 28

Saynatsalo Town Hall 34

Experimental House 40

Church of the Three Crosses 46

Main Building of the University of Technology 52

Opera House 58

Mount Angel Abbey Library 64

Furniture 70.

ISBN:

3823855832

OCLC:

50774513