His egalitarian homeland used to harbour reservation against the architecture star. But with 13 new Unesco listings and a new exhibition in Helsinki, Aalto’s work is finally getting the recognition it ...

Young Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto were considering a design directive far ahead of their time back in 1929: wellness. Alvar—who worked closely with his wife—had won a commission to create ...

Writing from the perimeter, especially writing that flirts with fluidity of perspectives, can reveal truths otherwise unmined; it confirms that plots, characters and settings, like reality itself, are ...

White walls and horizontally continuous windows. Looking at just that, the Paimio Sanatorium appears to be the kind of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined building must have looked ...

UNESCO has just recognised 13 buildings designed by Alvar Aalto. A prestigious accolade for one of the most influential Finnish architects of the 20th century. On 27 July, UNESCO officially added 13 ...

Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and interior designer, widely regarded as one of the forebears of Nordic Modernism. He was born on February 3, 1898 in Kuortane, Finland and studied at the Helsinki ...

The new Aalto2 Museum, designed by A-Konsultit Architects, will showcase the cultural legacy of the architecture and design of renowned architect Alvar Aalto. The Museum will open to the public on 27 ...