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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100471489670

ISBN-139780471489672

eBay Product ID (ePID)1633433

Product Key Features

Number of Pages128 Pages

Publication NameJuha Leiviska : and the Continuity of Finnish Modern Architecture

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Regional

Publication Year2001

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaArchitecture

AuthorMalcolm Quantrill

SeriesArchitectural Monographs (Paper) Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight24.6 Oz

Item Length12 in

Item Width9.8 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2002-275831

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal720/.92

Table Of ContentGROUNDWORK, BACKGROUND AND FOREGROUND. Introduction to Juha Leiviska in the Context of Finnish Modern Architecture. REVIEW OF SELECTED WORKS. Kouvola Town Hall, Kouvola, Finland. Villa Nikamaa, Lemi, Finland. Cemetery and Chapels of Rest, Vaasa, Finland. Nakkila Parish Hall, Nakkila, Finland. Town Plan for the Centre of Puolivalinkangas, with St Thomas's Church and Parish Centre, Oulu, Finland. Parish Church and Centre for Myyrmaki, Vantaa, Finland. Branch Library and Day Nursery for the suburb of Vallila, Helsinki, Finland. Kajaani Art Museum, Kajaani, Finland. Embassy for the Federal Republic of Germany, Helsinki, Finland. Parish Church and Centre for the suburb of Mannisto, Kuopio, Finland. Newspaper Offices, Vater's, Sweden. Villa Thoren-Soderstrom, Tammisaari, Finland. Church and Parish Centre, Pirkkala, Finland. Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland. National Museum of Art, Tallinn, Estonia. Harju Funeral Chapel: Remodelling and Additions, Mikkeli, Finland. Dar Al-Kalima Academy, Meeting Hall and Restaurant, Bethlehem, Palestine. JUHA LEIVISKA: BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. CATALOGUE RAISONNE. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

SynopsisGrowing out of the fifteenyearlong friendship and dialogue between Malcolm Quantrill and Juha Leiviska, this monograph conveys the spirit of Leiviska's very personal design approach, one that "requires the architect to stand firmly on his native soil., JUHA ILMARI LEIVISKA has enjoyed a distinguished career as one of Finland's leading architects. This book provides a perceptive account of his work to date, locating it within both Finnish modernism and that of Dutch De Stijl. Leiviska's profound interest in architectural history has not led him to mere imitation of historic forms: even in his faithful adherence to the principles of De Stijl he succeeds in dissolving its formal vocabulary of abstraction by his uncanny and totally unnerving use of daylight. What is reflected in Professor Quantrill's authoritative account is not only Leiviska's sensitivity to the chemistry of built form when immersed in light, but the interaction of physical form and musical structure in his designs. Born in Helsinki in 1936, Leiviska studied architecture at Helsinki's celebrated University of Technology in Otaniemi. After graduating in 1959, he began lecturing there on the history of architecture, and continued to do so until 1971. His architectural practice dates from 1964, when he was only 28, and his best known and most admired work - both executed buildings and projects - has centred on the design of religious buildings for the Lutheran Church. The qualities of his architecture, as well as his own uniquely personal talents as a designer, have been widely recognised since the completion of St Thomas's Parish Church and Centre in Oulu (1975). Leiviska was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1991, and was appointed as an 'Artist Professor' by the Finnish President in 1992. In 1994 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He was awarded the prestigious Carlsberg Prize in 1995, and in 1997 he followed Alvar Aalto and Reima Pietila in becoming the architecture Member of the Academy of Finland., JUHA ILMARI LEIVISKÄ has enjoyed a distinguished career as one of Finland's leading architects. This book provides a perceptive account of his work to date, locating it within both Finnish modernism and that of Dutch De Stijl. Leiviskä's profound interest in architectural history has not led him to mere imitation of historic forms: even in his faithful adherence to the principles of De Stijl he succeeds in dissolving its formal vocabulary of abstraction by his uncanny and totally unnerving use of daylight. What is reflected in Professor Quantrill's authoritative account is not only Leiviskä's sensitivity to the chemistry of built form when immersed in light, but the interaction of physical form and musical structure in his designs. Born in Helsinki in 1936, Leiviskä studied architecture at Helsinki's celebrated University of Technology in Otaniemi. After graduating in 1959, he began lecturing there on the history of architecture, and continued to do so until 1971. His architectural practice dates from 1964, when he was only 28, and his best known and most admired work - both executed buildings and projects - has centred on the design of religious buildings for the Lutheran Church. The qualities of his architecture, as well as his own uniquely personal talents as a designer, have been widely recognised since the completion of St Thomas's Parish Church and Centre in Oulu (1975). Leiviskä was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1991, and was appointed as an 'Artist Professor' by the Finnish President in 1992. In 1994 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He was awarded the prestigious Carlsberg Prize in 1995, and in 1997 he followed Alvar Aalto and Reima Pietilä in becoming the architecture Member of the Academy of Finland.

LC Classification NumberNA1455.F53L452 2001