Alvar Aalto: architecture, modernity, and geopolitics
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New Haven
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Yale University Press
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c2009
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ix, 229 p.: ill. ; 27 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 207-220( and index
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Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen
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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
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Criticism and interpretation ، Aalto, Alvar, 8981-6791