Aalto in Detail - by Céline Dietziker & Lukas Gruntz (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

For the Aalto Moment in Your Projects

This carefully curated catalog celebrates the rich detail in the work
of Aino, Elissa, and Alvar Aalto. Every support, railing, and handle is
the result of intensive formal and functional research. The authors
document 50 Aalto buildings - some well-known and others less so - and
arrange their photographs by component into 20 chapters. The result is a
rich photographic record that will serve as a source of inspiration for
every architect.

• From door handles to skylights: Aalto's infinite wealth of components
• Inspiring documentation with 400 systematically arranged photos
• Unconventionally detailed solutions with special attention paid to technical feasibility
• Also available in German (ISBN 978-3-0356-2331-4)

Review Quotes

"Aalto in Detail acts a bit like a guidebook, and while I didn't
expect there to be maps or other information akin to architectural
guides (there aren't any), I was pleased to find an index of the nearly
fifty buildings, organized by location and project. So people visiting
Kauttua, for example, can see a list of the three buildings located
there (Lohiluoma Residential Building, Sauna and Laundry, Terrace
Housing) and the pages on which their components are presented. This
index takes up just two pages, but it reminds me that far too many other
books I've encountered have opted, for one reason or another, to not
include similarly helpful indices, making their books less
user-friendly." (archidose.blogspot.com, John Hill, 03.10.2022)

About the Author

Céline Dietziker, architect

Lukas Gruntz, architect, Basel

Prof. Annette Helle, Institute of Architecture, FHNW Muttenz, Switzerland