{"product_id":"aalto-and-nature","title":"Aalto and Nature","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAlvarAalto's work is strongly influenced by his experience of nature - especially inthe deep forests of his Finnish homeland. But he also visited the sites ofantiquity on several trips to the Mediterranean and the Orient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis bookexplores the dominant theme of nature in Aalto's work in a variety of ways. Interestinglyenough, it is little known that he also worked as a landscape architect andcreated the garden for Villa Mairea together with the architecture as a\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ci\u003eGesamtkunstwerk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRichlyillustrated essays describe for example Aalto's garden art and the influencesof the Mediterranean landscape on Elissa, Aino and Alvar Aalto. The wonderfulphotographs by Elina Brotherus, mostly taken especially for this book, showAalto's typical intertwining of interior and exterior spaces and convey themagic of the Finnish landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA fresh look at the work of Elissa, Aino and Alvar Aalto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWith four series of photographs byrenowned photographer Elina Brotherus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWith contributions by Tom Simons,Rainer Knapas, Vilhelm Helander, Johan Martelius and Teija Isohauta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Aalto and Nature","offer_id":50880743243973,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-3-0356-2884-5.jpg?v=1793841650","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/aalto-and-nature","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}