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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.
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 ...
[1] [2] Aalto used the chair leg, named the "L leg" in his 1933 design for the model 60 stool, which was intended for use in the Vyborg Library. [3] Aalto notoriously tested the durability of his design by repeatedly throwing a prototype of the stool against the ground. [4] Production of the stool in 1937
It was the first Aalto-designed church, and the only one of his many church designs in the 1920s, to be built, and represents his transition from Nordic Classicism to the Functionalist style he is mostly known for. [2] [1] As a transitional work, the Muurame church has been undervalued among Aalto's designs by many critics, and even the ...
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 ...
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).
The Aalto Vase, also known as the Savoy Vase, is a piece of glassware created by Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino that has become an internationally known iconic piece of Finnish design. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It became known as the Savoy Vase because it was one of a range of custom furnishings and fixtures created by Alvar and Aino Aalto for the luxury ...
Lercaro had also commissioned architects Kenzo Tange and Le Corbusier to design churches in his domain. [1] Because both Aalto and Lercaro died in 1976, and only some portions of the project masterplan were completed, this work could be considered posthumous. [2] Construction began in 1975. The church was consecrated in 1978.