The Architects' Journal, July 27th, 2006
Finland By Roger Connah. Reaktion Books, 2006. 288pp. £16.95 This is the first in a series on 'Modern Architectures in History', which aims to situate the architecture(s) of particular countries in a broader political, cultural and aesthetic context than usual. Finland is an ideal subject, for after many years of foreign rule, architecture played a significant role in shaping its emerging national identity in the 20th century. The outline of Roger Connah's story - from the development of an exotic version of Jugendstil, via the brief interlude of Nordic Classicism to the embrace of Modernis...
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