Finnish Summer Houses presents twenty villas, cottages, and cabins in detail by architects such as Eliel Saarinen, Oiva Kallio, Alvar Aalto, and Juhani Pallasmaa, among many others. Authors Jari and Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen use contemporary photographs, archival images, drawings, and plans to illustrate the diversity found in the designs of Finnish...
Tafuri probes the lines between reality and ideology, the gap that avant-garde ideology places between its own demands and its translation into techniques, the ways in which the avant-garde reaches compromises with the world, and the conditions that permit its existence.
A very telling book dealing with the sketches and notes of the great landscape architect. Introduction by Jim Burns.
Jean Prouvé belongs to the generation of "sons" of the Nancy School, and from this rich heritage, he retained the creative principles and methods of enlightened craftsmanship. In Lorraine, all facets of Jean Prouvé's work are illustrated, as well as experiences that take on particular importance there: indeed, most of...
First U.S. edition. Beautiful, oversize volume covers his multi-faceted career in Finland ranging from graphics and furniture design to rustic villas and urban planning. First MIT Press Edition.