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Finnish Summer Houses | 
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| Authors: Jari Jetsonen, Jetsonen Sirkkaliisa
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
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Sales Rank: 107091
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1568987528
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.72094897
EAN: 9781568987521
ASIN: 1568987528
Publication Date: March 20, 2008
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Product Description
Summer is when Finland is at its spellbinding best. Emerging from a seven-month long winter, Finns head outdoors to savor the magical light of the all-too-brief Scandinavian summer. Cityscapes give way to pristine lakes, endless forests, and idyllic seaside vistas. The Finnish summer house offers a unique opportunity for their owners to relax, get back in touch with nature, and enjoy outdoor activities such as boating, swimming, and hiking. Not surprisingly, the architecture of the Finnish summer house occupies an almost mythic, even mystical, place in the hearts of their inhabitants as well as their architects. Indeed, many Finnish architects regard the design of their own summer residence or weekend studio as one of their most important works. For them, the summer house is not only a place to spend leisure time, but also a chance to study specific technical details and experiment with new spatial concepts.
Finnish Summer Houses presents twenty villas, cottages, and cabins in detail by architects such as Eliel Saarinen, Oiva Kallio, Alvar Aalto, and Juhani Pallasmaa, among many others. Authors Jari and Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen use contemporary photographs, archival images, drawings, and plans to illustrate the diversity found in the designs of Finnish summer residences. From Lars Sonck?s Lasses Villa (1895), with its traditional farmhouse elements, and Alvar Aalto?s Muuratsalo Experimental House (1952?54) to Erkki Kairamo?s sparse Villa Aulikki (1995?2003), which seems to grow out of its landscape, the works in this book are of a highly personal nature; indeed, most of the summer houses are still used by the architect or the families of their children. The very best examples of these fantastic summer homes are collected here, making Finnish Summer Houses an inspiration for anyone dreaming about a summer home of heir own.
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