This is a much needed and lively study of the still insufficiently known Finnish modern master Alvar Aalto, whose sensitive and increasingly revelant architectural legacy will surely only increase in stature as the years unfold. Kenneth Frampton, Columbia University
Growing out of the fifteen--year--long friendship and dialogue between Malcolm Quantrill and Juha Leiviska, this monograph conveys the spirit of Leiviskaa s very personal design approach, one that requires the architect to stand firmly on his native soil.