Alvar Aalto Architect - University of Technology, Otaniemi 1949-74 Vol.13

This extensive publication documents Alvar Aalto's work on the designof the Helsinki University of Technology campus, which began when hewon the first prize in an architectural competition in 1949, andcontinued with a number of other campus buildings through the 1950sand 1960s. The totality that Aalto created can still be experiencedtoday, despite various infills in the area designed by other architects.Besides numerous photographs and schematics, this excellent surveyincludes articles by Aalto experts on the historical background of theuniversity and its architecture, and on the mid-20th-century universitycampus. The Works section presents a selection of buildings andunrealized projects by the Aalto office between 1947 and 1974.