short biography
Alvar Aalto (Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, born 1898 in Kuortane / Finland, died 1976 in Helsinki) was one of the greatest architects of the 20th century. In 1923 he opened an architectural office near Helsinki. He developed a functional style and the integration of organic elements in his buildings. Together with his wife Aino Aalto he designed a revolutionary chair system of bent wooded stools, chairs, armchairs and tea carts, glass vases and glass bowls since the 1930s years.
Architecture, urban planning, development of a functional style, furniture design, architecture theories
buildings
1929 Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio / Finland
1931 Central University Hospital, Zagreb
1932 Villa Tammekann, Tartu / Estonia
1933 Tuberculosis Sanatorium Paimio
1935 Municipal library, Vyborg / Russia
1935 Ravintola Savoy Restaurant, Helsinki
1937 Finnish Pavilion, World Exhibition Paris
1939 Villa Mairea, Noormarkku / Finland
1939 Finnish Pavilion, World Exhibition New York
1949 Baker House, Cambridge / Massachusetts
1939/1954 Residences in Sunila
1952 Säynätsalo Town Hall
1956 Finnish Pavilion Venice Biennale
1957 The Experimental House, Muuratsalo / Finland
1958 House of Culture Helsinki
1958 Art Museum Baghdad
1962 Aalto-Hochhaus Neue Vahr Bremen
1962 Cultural Center Leverkusen
1962 Alvar Aalto Kulturhaus Wolfsburg
1964 Technical University of Helsinki Espoo
1965 Regional Library of Lapland, Rovaniemi / Finland
1965 City Center Castrop-Rauxel
1968 Nordic House, Reykjavik
1970 Mount Angel Abbey Library, Mt. Angel / Oregon, USA
1972 Art Museum Alborg
1971 Finlandia Hall, Helsinki
1988 Aalto Theater Essen
group
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04. Feb 31. JulLandscapes of Design Frac Centre-Val de Loire, Orleans
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10. Oct 27. Jan 2019Modern Couples. Art, Intimacy and the Avantgarde Barbican Centre, London
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11. May 24. SepAlvar Aalto – Art and the Modern Form Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
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01. Oct 23. Apr 2017How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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20. Feb 12. JunMashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture Vancouver Art Gallery
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03. Jun 23. AugAlvar Aalto 1898-1976. Organic architecture, art and design Fundació la Caixa, Barcelona
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07. Sep 27. OctMock Room Brutto Gusto, Berlin
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02. Feb 27. Feb 2012Plywood: Material, Process, Form MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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12. Sep 29. NovT-Tris BPS22, Hainaut Province's Art Museum
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16. Oct 02. Feb 2009Architektur beginnt im Kopf Architekturzentrum Wien
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05. Sep 04. OctUNDEFINED Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Köln
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12. Jun 05. OctIn Sand gezeichnet - Entwürfe von Alvar Aalto Pinakothek der Moderne, München
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25. May 24. SepTOMORROW NOW MUDAM Musée d´Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg
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17. Mar 29. JulModernism: Designing a new world Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington
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22. Feb 13. MayAlvar Aalto: Through the Eyes of Shigeru Ban Barbican Centre, London
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16. Sep 07. JanModernism: Designing a new world MARTa Herford
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06. Apr 23. JulModernism: Designing a New World V&A Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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28. Nov 27. Feb 2005Alvar und Aino Aalto Kunsthalle Bielefeld
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16. Mar 12. SepMaking Choices MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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29. Apr 30. May100 Jahre 100 Stühle Vitra Design Museum - Weil am Rhein
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19. Feb 19. MayAlvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York