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' Reindeer Antler Plan ', [3] and incorporates five arterial roads forming the shape of a reindeer antler. [4] [5] In 1960, when Rovaniemi was granted its city charter, the formal decision was made to implement Aalto's plan. [5] At the centre of the design, the complex of Aalto-designed public and administrative buildings is known as 'Aalto ...
Aalto House 1952–1954: Master plan [125] Kaskinen: Aalto was fired in 1954. [nb 5] 1952–1954: Employee Housing [14] [100] Munkkiniemi, Helsinki: National Pension Institute: 1952–1954: Sports hall [14] Otaniemi: 1952–1955: Library [76] University of Jyväskylä: Part of his master plan 1952–1956: Theater [129] Helsinki: Part of the ...
Villa Mairea, by Alvar Aalto, in Noormarkku, Finland. Villa Mairea is a villa, guest-house, and rural retreat designed and built by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in Noormarkku, Finland. The building was constructed in 1938–1939. The Gullichsens were a wealthy couple and members of the Ahlström ...
In 1944 Aalto was commissioned to design and implement a town plan for Säynätsalo, a small factory town founded around Johan Parviaisen Tehtaat wood-processing mills, from 1946 operated by Enso-Gutzeit (now part of Stora Enso), whose headquarters in Helsinki he also designed. The town hall would be built at a later date after Aalto won a ...
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (pronounced [ˈhuːɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto]; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. [1] His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings.
Aalto-Hochhaus is a 22-floor high-rise apartment building in Bremen, Germany, designed by Alvar Aalto. It is approximately 65 meters tall and was completed in 1962. It is approximately 65 meters tall and was completed in 1962.
Paimio Sanatorium (Finnish: Paimion parantola, Swedish: Pemars sanatorium) is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in Paimio, Southwest Finland, designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Aalto received the design commission having won the architectural competition for the project held in 1929.
It comprises six buildings, designed by Alvar Aalto and mainly completed between 1960 and 1968. The center represents one of Aalto's most important works and is notable in Finland and even internationally as an architectural whole. [1] [2] The wooden plan of the center is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. [3]