Alvar Aalto

(1898–1976) finländsk arkitekt, formgivare och ledamot av Finlands akademi

Alvar Aalto (Finland, 1898–1976) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Alvar Aalto belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Alvar Aalto was born in Kuortane and died in Helsinki. Alvar Aalto trained at Helsinki University of Technology and Jyväskylän Lyseon lukio. The teachers included Jonas Heiska, Armas Lindgren, and Usko Nyström. Alvar Aalto worked in Jyväskylä, Helsinki, Turku, and Cambridge. Wikidata associates Alvar Aalto with Neues Bauen. Alvar Aalto became a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, and Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten. The awards include Royal Gold Medal, Prince Eugen Medal, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, and Alvar Aalto Medal. The students included Kristian Gullichsen.

The best-known works include ‘Vyborg Library’, ‘Finlandia Hall’, ‘Baker House’, and ‘Paimio Sanatorium’. The works belong mainly to the genre modernism. The catalogue has 41 buildings by Alvar Aalto. The dated buildings span the years 1926–1988. The buildings are in places such as Helsingfors, Jyväskylä, Seinäjoki, Wolfsburg, and Rovaniemi. They are in 10 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Alvar Aalto belong to the styles ‘Post-war modernism’, ‘Functionalism’, and ‘Nordic Classicism’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Annikki Paasikivi, Volodymyr Zabolotnyi, Milan Zloković, Elizabeth Whitworth Scott, and Alvar Aalto.