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Nordic modernism
Aalto translated international modernism through Finnish climate, craft, and civic life.
Alvar Aalto
Portrait of Alvar Aalto
Unknown author · Public domain · SourceAlvar Aalto humanized modernism through landscape, material, light, furniture, acoustics, and civic life.
Life span1898 – 1976Nationality / RegionFinland
Portrait of Alvar Aalto
Unknown author · Public domain · SourceIdeas
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Humanist modernism
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Total design
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Material and light as civic tools
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Rational plans with tactile local nuance
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Architecture as total environment
Aalto treated architecture, interiors, furniture, and landscape as one continuous design field.
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Light and civic warmth
Aalto turned light, acoustics, and orientation into civic experience.
Reading the works
Works
42 buildings
1860Pylkönmäki Church1925Jyväskylä Workers' Club1928Standard rental house by Alvar Aalto1928Southwestern Finland Agricultural Cooperative Building1929Valtiontalo1929Muurame Church1932Villa Tammekann1933Paimio Sanatorium帕伊米奥, 芬兰1935Villa Aalto1937Tehtaanmäki1938Terassitalo1939Villa Mairea1950Säynätsalo Town Hall于韦斯屈莱, 芬兰1952Muuratsalo Experimental House1954College of Education staff dormitory
All works
Terassitalo
1938
Villa Aalto
1935
Jyväskylä Workers' Club
1925
Otaniemi water tower
Finnish pavilion
1956
Finlandia Hall
赫尔辛基, 芬兰 · 1971
Sports Hall U2
1955
College of Education staff dormitory
1954
Lyhty
1954
Tehtaanmäki
1937
Standard rental house by Alvar Aalto
1928
Muuratsalo Experimental House
1952
Helsinki University of Technology Main Building
1964
Valtiontalo
1929
Rovaniemi Town Hall
1986
Villa Mairea
1939
College of Education training school
1954
Alvar Aalto Museum Jyväskylä
1973
Nordic House
1968
Kirjatalo
1969
Sunila
Paimio Sanatorium
帕伊米奥, 芬兰 · 1933
Stephanuskirche (Wolfsburg)
1968
Interbau
Alvar Aalto - Aerola 1953
AaltoAlvari
1955
Villa Tammekann
1932
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
1972
Muurame Church
1929
Southwestern Finland Agricultural Cooperative Building
1928
Rovaniemi City Library
Seinäjoki City Theatre
1987
Studio Aalto
1955
Säynätsalo Town Hall
于韦斯屈莱, 芬兰 · 1950
Kulttuuritalo
1957
Lozzi
1954
Ristinkirkko
1978
Sähkötalo
1972
Pylkönmäki Church
1860
Aalto-Hochhaus
1962
Untitled
Church of the Three Crosses
1957