Alvar Aalto (1898\u20131976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice.<\/p>\n
Whether a church, a villa, a sauna, or a public library, Aalto\u2019s organic structures tended to replace plaster and steel with brick and wood, often incorporating undulating, wave-like forms, which would also appear in his chair, glassware, and lamp designs.<\/p>\n
An adherent to detail, Aalto insisted upon the humanity and societal role of architecture, stating: \u201cModern architecture does not mean using immature new materials; the main thing is to work with materials towards a more human line.\u201d Many of his public buildings such as S\u00e4yn\u00e4tsalo Town Hall, the lecture theatre at Otaniemi Technical University, the Helsinki National Pensions Institute and the Helsinki House of Culture may be seen as psychological as well as physical landmarks in the rebuilding of Finland after the ravages of war.<\/p>\n
This book brings together Aalto\u2019s key works to introduce the architect hailed as a champion of environmentally sound, progressive design, with a deep-rooted sense of home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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