Aalto and America, new book co-edited by Professor Gail Fenske, published by Yale University Press

Yale University Press has published Aalto and America, a new book co-edited by Stanford Anderson, Professor of Architecture Gail Fenske and David Fixler that assesses Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's engagement with America. Aalto completed three buildings in the United States—the Finnish Pavilion for the 1939 World’s Fair, Baker House Dormitory at MIT, and Mount Angel Library in Oregon—but his influence went much further in humanizing modern architecture, and contributing to a sense of regional expression here. Stanford Anderson writes in the introduction: “The story of Aalto and America deserves a telling in depth, and its significance is supported by the devoted labor of sixteen scholars, critics and architects, European (especially Finnish) and American, who joined to produce this volume.” Contributors include Stanford Anderson, Sarah Williams Goldhagen, Dörte Kuhlmann, Colin St. John Wilson, Juhani Pallasmaa, Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, Pekka Korvenmaa, Gail Fenske, Sarah Menin, Michael Trencher, Lawrence W. Speck, Ákos Moravánszky, David N. Fixler, Paul Bentel, Kari Jormakka, Matthew A. Postal, and Michael Spens.