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The International Spirit Wood Architecture Award was established in Finland in 1999 by the Wood in Culture Association. The Award stands for architectural excellence and is given to a person or group of persons whose work exemplifies a progressive and creative use of wood.
José Cruz Ovalle: spirit of nature wood architecture award 2008
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The International Spirit Wood Architecture Award was established in Finland in 1999 by the Wood in Culture Association. The Award stands for architectural excellence and is given to a person or group of persons whose work exemplifies a progressive and creative use of wood.
Architecture Monographs
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This book is a tribute to the artists' State of Sabotage, founded off Finland by the Austrian artist Robert Jelinek in 2003. The book includes a cultural topography by Irina Ulrike Anderl and writings on the phenomenon state and art, and the art of state.
Offshore census: Citizens of the state of sabotage
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This book is a tribute to the artists' State of Sabotage, founded off Finland by the Austrian artist Robert Jelinek in 2003. The book includes a cultural topography by Irina Ulrike Anderl and writings on the phenomenon state and art, and the art of state.
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
Scandinavian design
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This book includes a detailed look at Scandinavian furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metalware and industrial design from 1900 to the present day, with in-depth entries on over 200 designers and design-led companies, plus essays on the similarities and differences in approach between Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark.
Scandinavian design
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This book includes a detailed look at Scandinavian furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metalware and industrial design from 1900 to the present day, with in-depth entries on over 200 designers and design-led companies, plus essays on the similarities and differences in approach between Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark.
Interior Design
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Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environment. This book presents more than one hundred examples of the Marimekko fashions and home furnishings that gave the(...)
Marimekko : fabrics fashion architecture
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Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environment. This book presents more than one hundred examples of the Marimekko fashions and home furnishings that gave the company a definitive presence on the world design stage. The book considers the history of the company from its founding through today and examines Marimekko’s impact on design in Finland and around the world. The company’s most important designers, including Maija Isola and Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi, their contributions, and their stylistic development are also discussed. In addition, the book examines Marimekko home and office interiors and how they reflected the lifestyle envisioned in Armi Ratia’s broad, radical definition of fashion.
Design Monographs
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Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environment. This book presents more than one hundred examples of the exuberant Marimekko fashions and home furnishings that gave(...)
Marimekko : fabrics / fashion / architecture
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Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environment. This book presents more than one hundred examples of the exuberant Marimekko fashions and home furnishings that gave the company a definitive presence on the world design stage. The book considers the history of the company from its founding through today and examines Marimekko’s impact on design in Finland and around the world. The company’s most important designers, including Maija Isola and Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi, their contributions, and their stylistic development are also discussed. In addition, the book examines Marimekko home and office interiors and how they reflected the lifestyle envisioned in Armi Ratia’s broad, radical definition of fashion.
Fashion Design
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[24] p. : ill. (some col.), port. ; 23 x 31 cm.
St. Louis : Jefferson National Expansion Historical Association, c1995.
Building of the arch / by Robert F. Arteaga, arch construction photographer.
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St. Louis : Jefferson National Expansion Historical Association, c1995.
Nordic architects
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This book showcases the work and words of 67 practitioners from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Written by David Sokol, "Nordic Architects" includes a unique question-and-answer format that provides firsthand accounts of the dialogues shaping northern Europe's design community. The volume spans architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
March 2009, Stockholm
Nordic architects
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This book showcases the work and words of 67 practitioners from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Written by David Sokol, "Nordic Architects" includes a unique question-and-answer format that provides firsthand accounts of the dialogues shaping northern Europe's design community. The volume spans architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture within the Nordic countries.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
Contemporary follies
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The book features fifty structures, including work by internationally recognized firms such as Arata Isozaki & Associates, Heatherwick Studios, Patkau Architects, Steven Ehrlich Architects, TEN Arquitectos as well as innovative young studios in all parts of the world: Norway, United Kingdom, Austria, Chile, Germany, Ecuador, Finland, Taiwan, Spain, Canada, Netherlands,(...)
Contemporary follies
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The book features fifty structures, including work by internationally recognized firms such as Arata Isozaki & Associates, Heatherwick Studios, Patkau Architects, Steven Ehrlich Architects, TEN Arquitectos as well as innovative young studios in all parts of the world: Norway, United Kingdom, Austria, Chile, Germany, Ecuador, Finland, Taiwan, Spain, Canada, Netherlands, United States, Czech Republic, France, and Switzerland.
Gardens
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136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture, ©2004.
Kengo Kuma : materials, structures, details.
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Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture, ©2004.
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Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, Alvar Aalto designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice. This book brings together Aalto’s key works to introduce the architect as a champion of(...)
Aalto
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Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, Alvar Aalto designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice. This book brings together Aalto’s key works to introduce the architect as a champion of environmentally sound, progressive design, with a deep-rooted sense of home.
Architecture Monographs