Aalto and Nature - Hardcover

Alvar
Aalto's work is strongly influenced by his experience of nature - especially in
the deep forests of his Finnish homeland. But he also visited the sites of
antiquity on several trips to the Mediterranean and the Orient.
This book
explores the dominant theme of nature in Aalto's work in a variety of ways. Interestingly
enough, it is little known that he also worked as a landscape architect and
created the garden for Villa Mairea together with the architecture as a Gesamtkunstwerk.

• A fresh look at the work of Elissa, Aino and Alvar Aalto
• With four series of photographs by
  renowned photographer Elina Brotherus
• With contributions by Tom Simons,
  Rainer Knapas, Vilhelm Helander, Johan Martelius and Teija Isohauta