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Author Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa.

Title Alvar Aalto : architecture, modernity, and geopolitics / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009

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Description 229 pages
Contents Introduction: Geography of (Aalto's) Architecture -- Pt. 1. Making of a Nation -- Ch. 1. In Search of a National Style -- Ch. 2. Toward Cultural Revival -- Ch. 3. National Identity in the Age of Mass Culture -- Pt. 2. New Geographies -- Ch. 4. Pan-European Aspirations -- Ch. 5. Being International -- Ch. 6. Regional Plans -- Pt. 3. Formal Registers -- Ch. 7. Organic Lines -- Ch. 8. Geopolitics of Fame -- Ch. 9. Ambiguity -- Conclusion: Geopolitics of Architecture
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture and society.
International style (Architecture)
Regionalism in architecture.
LC no. 2008045538
ISBN 9780300114287 (cloth : alk. paper)