Classical Tradition and the Modern Movement (The 2nd International Alvar Aalto Symposium) (1985)

Texts in English and Finnish. The contents include an opening address by Matti K. Mäkinen; essays on the modernists and history by Elias Cornell; classical and modern themes in the architecture of Mies van der Rohe and Auguste Perret by Kenneth Frampton; the transition from classicism to functionalism in Scandinavia by Kirmo Mikkola and Björn Linn; Alvar Aalto and the classical tradition by Göran Schildt; modernism and morality by David Watkin; Asplund’s Villa Snellman by Stuart Wrede; Alvar Aalto from a non-classical perspective by Philippe Boudon; modern classicism by Demetri Porphyrios; a personal view by Roland Schweitzer; a closing speech by Juhani Pallasmaa; and a list of contributors. Condition: white cloth boards a little marked with some faint spotting to fore-edge. Dust-wrapper worn to corners with some creasing to both front and rear panels.