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Modernism in Boston - Part 05: Alvar Aalto - David Fixler
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Architect David Fixler discusses Alvar Aalto's Baker House, which he designed for MIT. Aalto's agenda for Baker House was peculiar and site responsive, in that it mirrored the Charles River and the industrial buildings across the river.
David Fixler David Fixler (FAIA, LEED BD&C AP) is a historic preservation expert at EYP, president of DOCOMOMO U.S./New England and co-chair of the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) Committee on Modern Heritage. An internationally recognized expert on the Modern Movement and Midcentury modern buildings, his projects include the renovation of Alvar Aalto's Baker House at MIT and Louis Kahn's Richards Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania and he is coeditor of the recently released Aalto and America (2012). David has been published in numerous magazines include Architecture, Architectural Record, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, APT Bulletin, Metropolis, Cultural Resources Management, Traditional Buildings, Spazio (Italy) and PTAH (Finland). He has lectured and taught at Harvard and Columbia Universities, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Iowa, MIT, RISD, Wellesley College, Wentworth Institute, and the Boston Architectural Center.
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Baker House: Part 1 - David Fixler
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David Fixler on Baker House's history, starting with the appointment of Alvar Aalto as the Design Architect in 1946, the housing policies that were developed, the design process, and the contribution of his wife. He also points out some of the main changes and ideas behind the preservation and renovation project carried out by EYP.
David Fixler David Fixler (FAIA, LEED BD&C AP) is a historic preservation expert at EYP, president of DOCOMOMO U.S./New England and co-chair of the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) Committee on Modern Heritage. An internationally recognized expert on the Modern Movement and Midcentury modern buildings, his projects include the renovation of Alvar Aalto's Baker House at MIT and Louis Kahn's Richards Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania and he is coeditor of the recently released Aalto and America (2012). David has been published in numerous magazines include Architecture, Architectural Record, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, APT Bulletin, Metropolis, Cultural Resources Management, Traditional Buildings, Spazio (Italy) and PTAH (Finland). He has lectured and taught at Harvard and Columbia Universities, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Iowa, MIT, RISD, Wellesley College, Wentworth Institute, and the Boston Architectural Center.
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Baker House: Part 2 - David Fixler
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David Fixler talks about the Baker House and his trip to Finland in 1996 where he discovered pieces of Alvar Aalto's design that were never implemented and that informed the subsequent renovation and preservation of the building.
David Fixler David Fixler (FAIA, LEED BD&C AP) is a historic preservation expert at EYP, president of DOCOMOMO U.S./New England and co-chair of the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) Committee on Modern Heritage. An internationally recognized expert on the Modern Movement and Midcentury modern buildings, his projects include the renovation of Alvar Aalto's Baker House at MIT and Louis Kahn's Richards Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania and he is coeditor of the recently released Aalto and America (2012). David has been published in numerous magazines include Architecture, Architectural Record, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, APT Bulletin, Metropolis, Cultural Resources Management, Traditional Buildings, Spazio (Italy) and PTAH (Finland). He has lectured and taught at Harvard and Columbia Universities, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Iowa, MIT, RISD, Wellesley College, Wentworth Institute, and the Boston Architectural Center.
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