Alvar Aalto, by Leonardo Mosso (Studioforma editore, 1981), documents the influential exhibition-workshop on Aalto’s works that gave the first systemic and structural reading of Alvar Aalto, Aalto Studio, and the significance of Aalto’s architecture. The exhibition first opened in Jyväskylä in 1979, in conjunction with the first International Alvar Aalto Symposium. This book documents the exhibition-workshop held in Turin, Italy. Introductions by Laura Castagno, the then head of Alvar Aalto Institute in Turin, and Markku Lahti and Satu Mattila from the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä. Introductions by Paolo Portoghesi and Francesco de Bartolomeis.
The text is in English, Italian, French, and German. The book is profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs and architectural drawings.
Our copy is in good condition and comes with an inscription on the first flyleaf. The pages are clean; no markings. The glueing of the binding is fine. The covers show only some small traces of shelf wear and use.
