Alvar Aalto:architecture, modernity, and geopolitics

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pelkonen Eeva-Liisa.
Published: Yale University Press,
Publisher Address: New Haven
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
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.