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Nature and Space: Aalto and Le Corbusier
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Nature and Space: Aalto and Le Corbusier Hardcover - 2002

by Sarah Menin; Flora Samuel


From the publisher

This book is a unique comparative study of two of the very greatest figures in modern architecture - Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. In assessing the historical, personal and intellectual influences of their attitudes to nature and the creative direction of their work, this book offers a unique understanding of the diversity at the heart of modernism. Through an analysis of the architects' own writing about their ideas and philosophies, a more thorough comprehension is gained of their thoughts on urban living and by looking at their most widely known work, the authors analyse the architects' intentions to build nature into the heart of their architecture. The authors argue that there are many similarities between the attitudes towards nature held by Le Corbusier and Aalto, and that these similarities had an important place in the generation of their architecture.

First line

The lives and creativity of both Le Corbusier and Aalto are riddled with (and enriched by) paradox and contradiction.

Details

  • Title Nature and Space: Aalto and Le Corbusier
  • Author Sarah Menin; Flora Samuel
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date December 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780415281249 / 0415281245
  • Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.14 x 7.4 x 0.66 in (25.76 x 18.80 x 1.68 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Architecture - Environmental aspects, Le Corbusier - Criticism and interpretation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002069882
  • Dewey Decimal Code 720.922