Alvar Aalto

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (* 3. February 1898 in Kuortane, Finland; † 11. May 1976 in Helsinki, Finland), was a Finnish architect and designer.

Alvar Aalto became admits for its special conceptions within the rangeorganic building. A relatively well-known piece of designer of Aalto is the Aalto vase.

lives

Aalto studied architecture from 1916 to 1921 at the polytechnic institute in Helsinki. ItsInstructor was Armas Lindgren there. 1923 opened after an expanded study trip by Europe its own architect's office in Jyväskylä to Aalto. 1927 it shifted the office after Turku, 1928 became it member of the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture modern trend (CIAM).

1933 went to Aalto to Helsinki. it created the furniture company Artek together to 1935 with his Mrs. Aino. In this framework then also patenting the first cantilever Stuhlrahmens from wood takes place. Starting from 1940 Aalto was a professor for architecture to The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Altogether Aalto took part in approximately 200 projects, whereby about half of its drafts came also to the execution.

Alvar Aalto was married with Aino Marsio, which died 1949. 1952 he married Elissa Mäkiniemi. Its wives drew responsible for all drafts with.

Alvar Aalto was buried at the west cemetery (Läntinen hautausmaa) in Helsinki.

works

holy spirit church wolf castle

• house of the workers, Jyväskylä, 1925
• Building of the partiotischen combinations, Jyväskylä, 1929
• editorial building of the newspaper Turun Sanomat, Turku, 1929
• mansion Tammekann, Tartu, Estonia, 1932
• Tuberkulose sanatorium Paimio, Turku, 1933
• municipal library Viipuri, now Wyborg, Russia, 1927 - 1935
• Ravintola Savoy(Restaurant), Helsinki, 1937 (completely received Aalto Interieur; still restaurant)
• Finnish pavilion, world exhibition Paris, 1937
• mansion Mairea, Noormarkku, Finland, 1937 - 1939
• Finnish pavilion, world exhibition New York, 1939
• M.I.T. Senior Dormitory - Baker House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1947- 1949
• housing estates in Sunila, 1936-1939 and 1951-1954
• city hall, Säynätsalo, 1952
• bird feasting place sports center and concert hall, Vienna, 1953
• Finnish pavilion on the Biennale, Venice, 1956
• house for the inter+'s building, Berlin, 1957
• Maison CarréeParis, 1956-1958
• house of the culture, Helsinki, 1958
• art museum, Bagdad, 1958
• church of “three crosses” (Finnish Kolme Ristiä), Imatra, Finland, 1958
• church “cross of the level” (Finnish Lakeuden Risti), Seinäjoki, Finland, 1960
• multistoried building that Satellite city new Vahr, Bremen, 1962
• cultural center, Leverkusen, 1962
• holy spirit church, Klieversberg, wolf castle, 1958 - 1962
• Alvar Aalto cultural center, city center, wolf castle, 1963
• technical University of Helsinki, Espoo, 1964
• office buildings that British petroleum, Hamburg, 1964
• community center and the church, Seinäjoki, 1965
• city centre, Castrop Rauxel, 1965
• community center, Zurich - Altstetten, 1967
• high-rise residential building Schönbühl, Luzern, 1968
• Stephanuskirche, Detmerode, wolf castle, 1968
• Finlandia resounding, Helsinki, 1962-1971
• art museum Ålborg, 1963-1972
• itplanned and began the building of the opera house in meal, which was however only placed after its death in the year 1988 finished.
• Café Aalto, Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, Helsinki (postum from furniture of a torn off Cafés)

Design

• Aalto vase
• the armchair“Tank” (tank)

Web on the left of

Commons: Alvar Aalto - pictures, videos and/or audio files

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• http://www.rove.de/index.php?cPath=34_79 - pictures of the vase and biography of Aalto