Alvaro Aalto 1898 - 1976 : paradise for the man in the street / Louna Lahti

Includes bibliographic references.

Introduction -- Worker's Club -- Municipal Library -- Tuberculosis Sanatorium -- The Founding of Artek -- Residential Building and Studio -- The Savoy Vase -- Cellulose Factory and Housing Area -- Villa Mairea -- Finnish Pavilion -- Student Dormitory "Baker House" -- Saynatsalo Town Hall -- Institute of Technology -- Pedadogical University -- Town Centre -- Experimental Summer House -- "House of Culture" -- Hansaviertel Block of Flats -- Church of the Three Crosses -- Maison Carre -- Neue Vahr Block of Flats -- Finlandia Hall -- Life and Work -- Map -- Bibliography and credits.

Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was strongly influenced by both the landscape of his native country, as well as the political struggle over Finland's place within European culture. After early neoclassical buildings, Aalto turned to ideas based on Functionalism, subsequently moving toward more organic structures, with brick and wood replacing plaster and steel. In addition to designing buildings, furniture, lamps, and glass objects with his wife Aino, he painted and was an avid traveler.