Alvar Aalto and the art of landscape. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Teija Isohauta.
• Authors: Isohauta, Teija
• Other Names: Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976
• Contents: Contents Preface by Jussi Rautsi Introduction WRITINGS OF ALVAR AALTO Landscape Biology and nature Garden and architecture THE ORIGIN OF AALTO’S LANDSCAPE CONCEPT The Finnish national landscape Light and shadow in Alvar Aalto’s architecture The garden art as part of landscape The holistic approach in Aalto’s architecture Riihitie House The garden city movement Sunila The re-evaluated landscape The shifting contours in Aalto’s architecture Muurame Church The room in between Muuratsalo experimental house Towards a modern landscape Paimio Sanatorium The forerunners of Nordic landscape architecture, the contemporaries of Aalto Garden designers consulting Aalto Ateljee Aalto The Japanese reconstructed landscape Authenticity of materials and forms in Aalto’s architecture Villa Mairea The Mediterranean landscape The constructed landscape of Aalto Jyväskylä university A side track to the Orient National pensions Institute The United States – genius loci and the raised importance of spatial planning Aerial plans and greeneries Oulu river rapids centre ALVAR AALTO – THE INFLUNCES OF THE VISUAL ARTS The Modern art in Aalto’s time Gesamtkunstwerk The role of sketching Salpausselkä relief and Suommussalmi war memorial Shaping the terrain as an attribute in Aalto’s architecture Säynätsalo Town Hall Toward ‘monumental art’ Seinäjoki CASE STUDIES Green flexibility – Master plans of Imatra and Lapland Two sides of Urbanism – Helsinki City Centre and satellite centre Stensvik Two town halls using the best out of landscape – Kiruna and Alajärvi Cultural projects – in a valley and on top – Nordic House and Shiraz Art museum Churches as landmarks – Riola di Vergato and in Lahti The private houses on the slope – Maison Carré and Villa Kokkonen CONCLUSIONS Featuring landscape ALVAR AALTO Architecture in the Landscape of Central Finland, 1926 CHRONOLOGY Aalto’s main projects related to his writings, travels and personal contacts Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 720.92; Architecture -- Aesthetics; Landscapes; Criticism and interpretation; Aesthetics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000546620; 9781000546613; 9781003220961
• Related ISBNs: 9781032116648
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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