ABOUT ALVAR AaLTO’S BACKGROUND

• Alvar Aalto Name Alvar Aalto

• NationalityFinnish Birth dateFebruary 3, 1898

FAMOUS WORKS• Significant buildings • Piamio Sanatorium

Viipuri libraryBaker HouseFinlandia Hall

• Experimental House of Aalto• Significant design • Savoy Vase

Paimio Chair

PIAMIO SANATORIUM

• Paimio Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in Paimio, Finland Proper

• He called this building a medical instrument

• Particular attention was paid to the design of patient’s bedroom

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MUNICIPAL LIBRARY at VIIPURI

• The Municipal Library in Vyborg, Russia is an internationally acclaimed design by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

• The library, built in 1933–35 and

• "considered the first manifestation of regional modernism

• used to be famous for its wave-shaped ceiling in the auditorium.

BAKER HOUSE

• Baker House is a co-ed dormitory in 1947-1948 and built in 1949.

• Its distinctive design has an undulating shape which allows most rooms a view of the Charles River,

• gives many of the rooms a wedge layout.

FINLANDIA HALL• BuildingType Concert

Hall • Location Helsinki,

Finland • Construction

Started December 1967

• Completed 2 December 1971

• Design Team Architect Alvar Aalto

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/FinlandiaHallWall.jpg

SAVOY or AaLTO VASE

• Savoy Vase, is a world famous piece of glassware and an iconic piece of Finnish design created by Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino Marsio.

• The vase was originally designed as an entry in a design competition for the Karhula-littala glassworks factory in 1936.

PIAMIO CHAIR

• Aalto's cantilevered birch wood Paimio Chair, designed for the Paimio Sanatorium

• The degree of bending of wood was tested in this

• Aalto sought a more organic style to feature nature

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