Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture

This book presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond constraints. The book focuses on the works and writings of architects in Nordic countries, such as Sigurd Lewerentz, Jørn Utzon, Sverre Fehn and the Aaltos (Aino, Elissa and Alvar), among others. It i...

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Main Author: Champion, Erik
Format: Book
Published: Routledge 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75378
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description This book presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond constraints. The book focuses on the works and writings of architects in Nordic countries, such as Sigurd Lewerentz, Jørn Utzon, Sverre Fehn and the Aaltos (Aino, Elissa and Alvar), among others. It is structured around the ideas of organic design principles that influenced them and allowed their work to evolve from one building to another. Erik Champion argues organic architecture can be viewed as a concerted attempt to thematically unify the built environment through the allegorical expression of ongoing interaction between designer, architectural brief and building-as-process.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-753782019-05-07T03:56:40Z Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture Champion, Erik Architecture This book presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond constraints. The book focuses on the works and writings of architects in Nordic countries, such as Sigurd Lewerentz, Jørn Utzon, Sverre Fehn and the Aaltos (Aino, Elissa and Alvar), among others. It is structured around the ideas of organic design principles that influenced them and allowed their work to evolve from one building to another. Erik Champion argues organic architecture can be viewed as a concerted attempt to thematically unify the built environment through the allegorical expression of ongoing interaction between designer, architectural brief and building-as-process. 2019 Book http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75378 Routledge restricted
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Champion, Erik
Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture
title Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture
title_full Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture
title_fullStr Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture
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title_short Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75378