List of Alvar Aalto's writings

Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) was a Finnish architect, and one of the key figures of modernist architecture during the twentieth century. In addition his architectural works, Aalto wrote several writings and speeches throughout his career.

Writings

Alvar Aalto's Writings
Date Title Translation Publication Location
1921Benvenuto's Christmas Punch[1]KerberosHelsinki
1921Nyyperin Aku[2]Aku NebergKerberosHelsinki
1921A Fireside Story[3]KerberosHelsinki
1921Painters and Masons[4]Jousimies
December 1921Our Old and New Churches[5]IltalehtiHelsinki
1922Motifs from Past Ages[6]Arkkitehti
1924The Hilltop Town[7][nb 1]
December 1924Urban Culture[8]Sisä-SuomiJyväskylä
1925Finnish Church Art[9]Käsiteollisuus
January 1925Eräs kaupunkimme kaunistustoimenpide ja sen mahdollisuudet[10]A beautifying measure undertaken in our town, and its chances of successKeskisuomalainenJyväskylä
March 1925Abbé Coignard's Sermon[11][nb 2]Jyväskylä
June 1925Architecture in the Landscape of Central Finland.[12]Sisä-SuomiJyväskylä
1926From Doorstep to Living Room[13]Aitta
January 1928The Latest Trends in Architecture[14][nb 3]Uusi AuraTurku
November 1927An Independence Monument in Helsinki-The Olympic Stadium[15]Uusi SuomiTurku
October 1928Modern Architecture and Interior Design of the Home[16]Uusi AuraTurku
October 1928The Rational Cinema[17]Kritisk RevyDenmark
1929Armas Lindgren and We (Obituary)[18]Arkkitehti
1930The Stockholm Exhibition 1930[19]Arkkitehti
1930The Housing Problem[20]DomusItaly
May 1930The Stockholm Exhibition 1930[21][nb 4]Åbo UnderrättelserTurku
1931Ein Brief von Finnland[22]A Letter from FinlandBauweltGermany
1932Hyvä asunto[20]A Good HomeSoihtu
1932Bostadsfrågans geografi[23]Geography of the Housing QuestionArkitektur och samhälle
1934Instead of an Interview[24]Teknikkan ylioppilas
May 1935Rationalismen och människan[25][nb 5]Rationalism and ManSweden
1938Influence of Structure and Material on Contemporary Architecture[26][nb 6]Oslo
1939Maailmannäyttelyt[27]New York World's Fair/Golden Gate ExpositionArkkitehti
1939The Human Side as a Political Option for the Western World[28][nb 7]The Human Side
1939Mairea[29]Arkkitehti
May 1939The Home of a Rich Collector[30][nb 8]Yale
October 1939Finland and Scandinavia[31][nb 9]Gothenburg, Stockholm
1940An Experimental Town
1940Obituary for Erik Gunnar Asplund[32]Arkkitehti
July 1940Post-War ReconstructionMagazine of Art
November 1940The Humanizing of Architecture[33]Technology Review
December 1940Architectural Forum
1941La Ricostruzione del-l'EuropaThe Reconstruction of EuropeLecture
March 1941Research for Reconstruction[34][nb 10]Journal for the Royal Institute of British ArchitectsEngland
April 1941The Reconstruction of Europe is the Key Problem for the Architecture of our Time[35]Arkkitehti
November 1941Karelian Architecture[36]Uusi Suomi
1942Architecture and Standards[37]Booklet published by Association of Finnish Architects
November 1942Lecture[38][nb 11]Stockholm
1943The Oulu River Rapids Center[39]Arkkitehti
March 1943Casabella
1945The Intellectual Background of American ArchitectureArkkitehti
November/December 1945Rovaniemi RestoredArkkitehti
1946Building Height as a Social Issue[40]Arkkitehti
February 1946Fine Della "Machine à Habiter"End of the "Living Machine"Metron
1947Kulttuuri ja tekniikka[41]Culture and TechnologySuomi/FinlandFinland
February 1947Constructive Art. Svenska Ab Artek Exhibits Furniture and Paintings[42][nb 12]
October–December 1947Architettura e arte concreta[43]Architecture and concrete artDomus, Arkkitehti
1949Finland as a Model for World Development[44]Suomallainen Suomi
1950'sMy Frank Lloyd Wright[45][nb 13]
1950Obituary for Eliel Saarinen[46][nb 14]
June 1950Finland Wonderland[47]Proceedings of the Architectural Association School of ArchitectureLondon
1953The Decline of Public Architecture[48]Arkkitehti
1953Experimental House at Muuratsalo[49]Arkkitehti
September 1953Decadence of Public BuildingsArkkitehti
1954A Few Lines from Alvar Aalto[50][nb 15]
1954The Constructive Form Exhibition in Stockholm[50][nb 16]
1954Speech[51]São Paulo
Feb/March 1954Journey to Italy[52][nb 17]Casabella ContinuitàItaly
October 1955Taide ja Tekniikka[53][nb 18]Art and Technology
November 1955Zwischen Humanismus und Materialismus[54]Between Humanism and MaterialismDer Bau
1956Problems of Architecture as I Understand Them in My BuildingsLectureItaly
1956Wood as a Building Material[55]Arkkitehti
August 1956Form as a Symbol of Articstic Creativity[56][nb 19]Oulu
1957Obituary for Henry van de Velde[57]Arkkitehti
1957The Enemies of Good Architecture[58]Royal Institute of British Architects JournalLondon
1957The Architect's Dream of Paradise[59][nb 20]Malmö
November 1957Schöner Wohnen[60][nb 21]More Beautiful HousingMunich
1958In Lieu of an Article[61]Arkkitehti
1958What is Culture?[62][nb 22]Jyväskylä Lyceum
1959Obituary for Frank Lloyd Wright[63]Architectural Forum
1960'sThe Special Character of Nordic Design[64][nb 23]
January 1962The International Status of Finnish Art[65][nb 24]
1963Aims as SAFA Chairman[66][nb 25]
October 1963Speech[67][nb 26]Mexico City
1965Obituary for Le Corbusier[63]Arkkitehti
April 1966Town Planning and Public Buildings[68][nb 27]
1967National-International[69]Arkkitehti
1968Obituary for Sigfried Giedion[70]Arkkitehti
1970Die Beziehungen zwischen Architektur, Malerei, und Skulptur[71][nb 28]Alvar Aalto, Synopsis
1970'sThe White Table[72][nb 29]
July 1972Interview for Finnish Television[73][nb 30]
December 1972Speech[74][nb 31]Helsinki

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Chapter for a never published book[7]
  2. ↑ Speech given at the Student Union.[11]
  3. ↑ An interview from a Turku newspaper.[14]
  4. ↑ A summary of an interview given.[21]
  5. ↑ A lecture form the annual meeting of the Swedish Society of Industrial Design[25]
  6. ↑ Lecture given at the Nordic Building Congress.[26]
  7. ↑ A piece for the never published magazine The Human Side, which included himself, Gregor Paulsson, members of the Bauhaus living in exile, Morton Schand, Francis Hackett, and with assistance from the Museum of Modern Art.[28]
  8. ↑ Lecture given at Yale.[30]
  9. ↑ This lecture was given preceding the Soviet invasion of Finland.[31]
  10. ↑ Originally published in an unabridged format in a booklet entitled Post-War Reconstruction, Rehousing Research in Finland, in New York City in 1940.[34]
  11. ↑ Speech given to the Swedish Association of Architects concerning the Finnish Standardization Office.[38]
  12. ↑ Preface to a furniture catalogue produced by Artek.[42]
  13. ↑ A text meant to be published commemorating an exhibit to be shown in New York. Unfortunately Aalto sent it in too late; however it was preserved.[45]
  14. ↑ Never published eulogy for Eliel Saarinen.[46]
  15. ↑ A Preface to a furniture catalog for Nordiska Kompaniet.[50]
  16. ↑ A piece written for newspaper critics.[50]
  17. ↑ Reconstructed from Italian text.[52]
  18. ↑ Speech given at Academy of Finland.[53]
  19. ↑ Lecture given at the University of Oulu.[56]
  20. ↑ Speech given at the jubilee meeting of the Southern Swedish Master Builders' Society[59]
  21. ↑ A speech for the Federation of German Carpet and Upholstery Industries.[60]
  22. ↑ Given as the keynote speech at the centenary celebration of his former school.[62]
  23. ↑ An unpublished piece possibly meant for United States distribution.[64]
  24. ↑ A lecture given at the Finnish Cultural Foundation's symposium on cultural policy.[65]
  25. ↑ Outgoing speech as SAFA chairman.[66]
  26. ↑ Transcript of speech given at the Mexican Institute of Technology, where Aalto received an honorary degree.[34]
  27. ↑ Speech given at the Finnish Association of Architects[68]
  28. ↑ Karl Fleig's account of a discussion with Aalto, published in his book Alvar Aalto, Synopsis.[71]
  29. ↑ Introduction to never completed book.
  30. ↑ An interview by Göran Schildt for the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation.[73]
  31. ↑ A speech delivered at the Helsinki University of Technology Centennial celebration.[74]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 29
  2. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 13
  3. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 12
  4. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 31
  5. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 35
  6. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 33
  7. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 49
  8. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 19
  9. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 37
  10. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 17
  11. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 56
  12. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 21
  13. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 50
  14. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 58
  15. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 64
  16. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 254
  17. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 66
  18. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 241
  19. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 74
  20. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 76
  21. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 71
  22. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 85
  23. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 86
  24. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 84
  25. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 89
  26. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 98
  27. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 120
  28. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 113
  29. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 229
  30. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 225
  31. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 110
  32. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 242
  33. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 102
  34. 1 2 3 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 122
  35. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, pp. 149–150
  36. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 116
  37. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 164
  38. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 165
  39. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 230
  40. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 206
  41. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 136
  42. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 256
  43. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 107
  44. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 167
  45. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 247
  46. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 243
  47. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 184
  48. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 210
  49. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 234
  50. 1 2 3 4 Schildt & Aalto 1998, pp. 257–258
  51. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 138
  52. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 38
  53. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 171
  54. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 176
  55. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 101
  56. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 180
  57. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 246
  58. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, pp. 201–202
  59. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, pp. 214–215
  60. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 260
  61. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 263
  62. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 15
  63. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 248
  64. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 259
  65. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 276
  66. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 157
  67. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 139
  68. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, pp. 211–212
  69. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, pp. 216–217
  70. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 249
  71. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 265
  72. ↑ Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 11
  73. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, p. 269
  74. 1 2 Schildt & Aalto 1998, pp. 281–282

References

  • Schildt, Göran; Aalto, Alvar (1998). Schildt, Göran (ed.). Alvar Aalto in His Own Words. New York, NY: Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-2080-7.
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