Alvar Aalto What and When

Alvar Aalto is a Finnish architect who participated in m is 500 construction projects during his lifetime, networking with influential m important figures of his time, and spoke and wrote about architecture. Alvar Aalto - The + QUAN? is a reference book on both Aalto's implemented and non-implemented designs, compiled in chronological order by year and alphabetical order according to locality. CADA year begins with an introduction describing Aalto's travels, the people he met and important events in his professional and private life. The texts are enlivened by quotations from Aalto's writings and speeches, as well as colorful writings by his contemporaries, which bring the human side of the architect Aalto m is close to the reader. An abundance of versatile illustrations – approximately 70 drawings and photographs in a time span of 70 years – complements the detailed news