Taschen Aalto 8 once a perfunctory structural element

once a perfunctory structural element

after six long days and nights in splendid

but a whole new facet and thrill to city living

in cold and adverse conditions in November 2014

An ultra-lightweight design

Taschen Aalto 8 once a perfunctory structural elementInfluenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice. Whether a church, a villa, a sauna, or a public library, Aaltos organic structures tended to replace plaster and steel with brick and wood, often incorporating undulating, wave like forms, which