ALVAR AALTO: A LIFE’S WORK. Architecture, Design and Art

Finland 1994. One of the masters of modern architecture, Aalto (1898-1976), was a prolific and influential architect, a gifted painter, and a talented, world-renowned designer. In this comprehensive grand book his known works from the early 1920s to his final designs in the 1970s are presented and described. With the full cooperation of the Alvar Aalto Foundation, Schildt has explored its archives, and some 20,000 letters, memoranda and contemporary newspaper cuttings as well as many building models, to ensure that every work is included in this volume. It contains full descriptions, accompanied by abundant illustrations, of all of Aalto’s realized and unrealized architectural projects: regional and urban plans, churches, theatres, libraries, museums, office and factory buildings, public housing, and private residences. Plans and elevations included., English, Year1994, Illust. B/W533, Illust. Color23, ISBN 9511129759, Code 5887. Clothbound with Jacket, In Pristine Condition, Bibl. Cat. of exh. Bio. Index. Pages 317, Size 11 1/2”x 9”