Alvar Aalto: a critical study

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Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I -- Inner Process -- Outward Form -- CHAPTER II -- Modern Finnish Architecture -- Background and Evolution -- CHAPTER III -- The Formative Years in Jyväskylä and Turku: 1923-33 -- CHAPTER IV -- Helsinki, and an International Career: 1933-9 -- CHAPTER V -- Urban and Academic Challenges: 1939-48 -- CHAPTER VI -- The Mature Expression: 1948-66 -- CHAPTER VII -- Later Works and Projects -- CHAPTER VIII -- 'Life-Enhancing Charm' -- APPENDIX -- Furniture and Interiors.;""This is a much needed and lively study of the still insufficiently known Finnish modern master Alvar Aalto, whose sensitive and increasingly revelant architectural legacy will surely only increase in stature as the years unfold.""-Kenneth Frampton, Columbia University. Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I -- Inner Process -- Outward Form -- CHAPTER II -- Modern Finnish Architecture -- Background and Evolution -- CHAPTER III -- The Formative Years in Jyväskylä and Turku: 1923-33 -- CHAPTER IV -- Helsinki, and an International Career: 1933-9 -- CHAPTER V -- Urban and Academic Challenges: 1939-48 -- CHAPTER VI -- The Mature Expression: 1948-66 -- CHAPTER VII -- Later Works and Projects -- CHAPTER VIII -- 'Life-Enhancing Charm' -- APPENDIX -- Furniture and Interiors. Chronological List of Main Works -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Photographic Sources -- Index -- Alvar Aalto -- A Critical Study.