The Viipuri Library

Alvar Aalto (1927-1935)

• Author(s): Michael Spens, Alvar Aalto,
• Publisher: Academy Editions
• Pages: 95
• ISBN_10: 1854903667
  ISBN_13: 9781854903662
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Individual Architects & Firms / General , Architecture / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial , Architecture / Regional ,

Description:... This volume is part of a series that features single buildings of historical significance. The Viipuri Library passed through three stages of design development before completion, and as a winning project was a major coup for Aalto. It also marked his transition from classicism to modernism.