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  2. Alvar Aalto - Wikipedia

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    His architectural work, throughout his entire career, is characterized by a concern for design as Gesamtkunstwerk—a total work of art in which he, together with his first wife Aino Aalto, would design not only the building but the interior surfaces, furniture, lamps, and glassware as well.

  3. Artek (company) - Wikipedia

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    From the very beginning of his career Alvar Aalto experimented with materials, especially wood, and even applied for patents for the bending of wood as applied in his furniture designs and as acoustic screens in his buildings. The Aaltos designed several different types of furniture and lamps for the Paimio Sanatorium (1929–33).

  4. List of Alvar Aalto's works - Wikipedia

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    Alvar Aalto's Work Year Name Location Notes 1917: Park café [1] Exercise while at Institute of Technology 1918: House [2] [3] Alajärvi: For his parents 1918–1919 [nb 1] Church and belfry [3] Kauhajärvi: Two separate plans were created with the first being the belfry alone and the second the entire church. The second was not utilized. [4 ...

  5. Paimio Sanatorium - Wikipedia

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    Aalto received the commission to design the building after winning an architectural competition for the project held in 1929. Though the building represents the 'modernist' period of Aalto's career, and followed many of the tenets of Le Corbusier's pioneering ideas for modernist architecture (e.g. ribbon windows, roof terraces, machine aesthetic), it also carried the seeds of Aalto's later ...

  6. Muurame church - Wikipedia

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    The church was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design. [2] Most notably, the interior colour scheme was changed from its pre-renovation white and light wood — often associated with Aalto's minimalist style — to the original, more colourful one consisting of bright blue and red ceiling and dark grey fixtures.

  7. Finlandia Hall - Wikipedia

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    The design of each lamp, piece of furniture, panel, flooring material and decorative board is a reflection of Aalto's maturity resulting from his long career as an architect as well as designer of lamps, furniture and fixtures such as door handles. All the materials speak the language of nature, without technically artificial tones.

  8. Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas - Wikipedia

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    The sanatorium was the most significant collaborative project between Korhonen and Aalto. Aalto designed the building itself; he and Korhonen designed a range of armchairs and tables for the facility's personnel and patients. Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas manufactured the furniture and other interior elements.

  9. Seinäjoki Civil Guard House - Wikipedia

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    Alvar Aalto The Seinäjoki Civil Guard House ( Finnish : Seinäjoen Suojeluskuntatalo ; Swedish : Sydösterbottens skyddskårshus ) is a building located in Seinäjoki , Finland . It is notable for being one of the first public buildings designed entirely by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto , and is considered one of his breakthrough works.