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Aalto and America

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Description for Aalto and America Hardback. Aalto built three major works in America that counted among the most important in his career: the Finland Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, Baker House at MIT, and the Library at Mount Angel Abbey, Oregon. This title deals with the complex nature of Aalto's experience with America. Editor(s): Anderson, Stanford; Fenske, Gail; Fixler, David. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150 colour images + 100 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1764.

The internationally renowned Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) created several landmarks of modern design in the United States. The first, the Finland Pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1939, introduced his pioneering style to the country and established his reputation among his American peers. Subsequent designs produced in the United States marked major turning points in his evolving position as an architect. His commissioned project for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Baker House dormitory (completed 1949) features an undulating facade of red brick, a material that references the building's Boston surroundings. Aalto's fan-shaped plan for the ... Read more

Aalto's designs had a lasting impact on American modernism, but his experiences in America also profoundly influenced his own stylistic development. Aalto and America is a detailed survey of this beneficial relationship, with contributions by fifteen international experts who explore these key designs in relation to larger themes in international politics, architectural culture, housing research, and modern criticism and design.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300176001
SKU
V9780300176001
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About S(Ed)Et Al Anderson
Stanford Anderson is professor and former head of the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gail Fenske is professor of architecture at Roger Williams University. David Fixler is an architect with EYP in Boston.

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