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Alvar Aalto

1898–1976 · Finnish architect and designer · Finland

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Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1960
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Humanized modernism through natural materials, light, acoustics and responsive forms.

Key works

  • Paimio Sanatorium
  • Finlandia Hall

THE RETHINK

Alvar Aalto helps us rethink architecture as more than the production of buildings: their work shows how decisions about structure, space, materials, context or public life can change what a society considers possible.

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