Table of Contents

GROUNDWORK, BACKGROUND AND FOREGROUND. Introduction to Juha Leiviska in the Context of Finnish Modern Architecture. REVIEW OF SELECTED WORKS. Kouvola Town Hall, Kouvola, Finland. Villa Nikamaa, Lemi, Finland. Cemetery and Chapels of Rest, Vaasa, Finland. Nakkila Parish Hall, Nakkila, Finland. Town Plan for the Centre of Puolivalinkangas, with St Thomasa s Church and Parish Centre, Oulu, Finland. Parish Church and Centre for Myyrmaki, Vantaa, Finland. Branch Library and Day Nursery for the suburb of Vallila, Helsinki, Finland. Kajaani Art Museum, Kajaani, Finland. Embassy for the Federal Republic of Germany, Helsinki, Finland. Parish Church and Centre for the suburb of Mannisto, Kuopio, Finland. Newspaper Offices, Vateras, Sweden. Villa Thoren--Soderstrom, Tammisaari, Finland. Church and Parish Centre, Pirkkala, Finland. Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland. National Museum of Art, Tallinn, Estonia. Harju Funeral Chapel: Remodelling and Additions, Mikkeli, Finland. Dar Al--Kalima Academy, Meeting Hall and Restaurant, Bethlehem, Palestine. JUHA LEIVISKA : BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. CATALOGUE RAISONNAe. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

About the Author

MALCOLM QUANTRILL studied architecture at the universities of Liverpool and Pennsylvania, and received his doctorate in urbanism from the Technical University of Wroclaw. He is a former Director of the Architectural Association, London, and Dean of the School of Environmental Design in the University of North London. Since 1986 he has been the Distinguished Professor of Architecture at Texas A&M University. He began studying modern Finnish architecture in 1959 and Juha Leiviska and the continuity of Finnish modern architecture is his sixth book on this subject.