Alvar Aalto:architecture, modernity, and geopolitics
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Published: |
Yale University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New Haven |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 229 p.: ill. ; 27 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780300114287 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300114281 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | TU |
CLC: |
TU-865.31 TU-05 |
Call Number: | TU-865.31/P384 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index. Introduction: Geography of (Aalto's) architecture --Pt. 1. Making of a nation. In search of a national style ; Toward a cultural revival ; National identity in the age of mass culture -- Pt. 2. New geographies. Pan-European aspirations ; Being international ; Regional plans -- Pt. 3. Formal registers. Organic lines ; Geopolitics of fame ; Ambiguity -- Conclusion: Geopolitics of architecture. |