One summer in the 1990s, I went to see the work of Alvar Aalto in Finland, on a sort of pilgrimage. I was a young architecture writer at the time, then married to a young architect; many architects ...

Step foot on Finnish soil and it’s just a matter of time before you start to understand how significant the architect and designer Alvar Aalto is to Finnish design culture. Alvar Aalto (1898 ...

Young Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto were considering a design directive far ahead of their time back in 1929: wellness. Alvar—who worked closely with his wife—had won a commission to ...

Initially designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto in 1948 and completed in 1956 ... The winning entry, by the young architects Timo Penttilä and Kari Virta, was completed in 1967 and seamlessly integrat ...

This is also the focus of the Alvar Aalto Museum's latest show ... emerging practices from around the world, 20 young studios show off their projects and passion Nordic minimalism meets warm ...

Alvar Aalto's seminal 1939 Villa Mairea in Noormarkku ... It was designed by landscape architect Thomas Church, with a young Lawrence Halprin and architect George Rockrise, for the home of ...

The city of Jyväskylä was by no means unfamiliar to Aalto; he had moved there as a young boy with his family ... Courtesy of Alvar Aalto Museum This public gathering space, known as the ...

“When I moved to Säynätsalo, I knew almost nothing about Alvar Aalto,” he admits. Now Taskinen, 56, is a convert who recently published a book about Aalto in Finnish.

To celebrate 90 years since its founding, Finnish furniture manufacturer Artek has tapped beloved comic Moomin for a special pair of Alvar Aalto’s most ubiquitous furniture designs. Showcasing ...

Alvar Aalto on the roof of the completed Paimio Sanatorium. (Courtesy Paimio Sanatorium Foundation) Sanatoriums were hospital complexes specifically designed to provide isolation, fresh air ...