This book chronicles the artistic exploration and collaboration by
renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and his first wife, architect
Aino Aalto. Originally a series of articles published in a Finnish
academic journal, the crux of this slim soft-cover book by Finnish art
history Professor Renja Suominen-Kokkonen looks at the social and
creative metamorphosis the Aaltos experienced when, as a young
married couple, they relocated to the southern Finnish city of
Turku in 1927. Not only does the author present a cogent treatise on
early 20th century modernism, but hundreds of photos and illustrations
also paint a rare and intimate portrait of the couple and their work.