Alvar aalto is a name synonymous with finnish architecture. He is perhaps finlands greatest architect and certainly one of the major figures of twentiethcentury architecture. He is considered as one of the great leaders of planning, as well as a key advocate of midcentury modernism. Biography alvar aalto 18981976 1898 born on 3 february in kuortane, finland, as hugo alvar henrik aalto. Discontinuous glazing on all four sides at entrance level. Alvar aalto 18981976 enjoyed an exceptionally rich and varied career as an architect and designer, both at home in finland and abroad after qualifying as an architect from helsinki institute of technology later helsinki university of technology and now part of the aalto university in 1921, aalto. His reputation as an architect has spread far beyond the bounds of his native country, where he built the major part of his work. Alvar aalto is considered the father of modernism in scandinavia. Sus primeros edificios famosos son las oficinas e imprenta. Alvar aalto biography childhood, life achievements. Together with vyborg viipuri library, completed two years later, it gave the aaltos an international profile. Paimio sanatorium alvar aalto foundation alvar aalto. Arquitecto alvar aalto, biografia y obras arquitectura pura.
Courtesy of alvar aalto museum the entrance to the festival hall sits at the center of the building, its fanned floor plan echoing the shape. Finnish designer and architect alvar aalto was known to treat each building as a work of artdown to the details of his interiors, furniture, and lightingultimately striving for a more beautiful mode of home life. Recognized as one of the most influential architects of nordic modernism, aalto was inspired by the relationship of. Architecture by alvar aalto serie page 2 alvar aalto shop. His fiftyyear career included work in the fields of furniture, textiles, painting, sculpting, landscape, urban planning, glassware, and jewelry. Ray gives a reading of the work of alvar aalto that raises questions about the. Hugo alvar henrik aalto 1 kuortane, ostrobotnia del sur. Pdf aalto utzon fehn download full pdf book download. A prolific worker, it is estimated that aalto designed approximately 500 buildings over the course of his 50 year career.
All were defined by his guiding design principle of gesamtkunstwerk, whether designed in the style of functionalism during his modernist stage, or in his later. Alvar aalto complete work, vol 3 1971 1976 alvar aalto by alvar aalto 4. Pdf alvar aalto obras y proyectos arquitectura oscar. Alvar aalto was a finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter. The building completed in 1933 as paimio sanatorium was of key importance to the international career of architects alvar and aino aalto. Study of the type of architecture used by alvar alto, its context, works and ideology. Finnish architecture was no longer merely the receiver of influences from outside. Alvar aalto alvar aalto foundation alvar aalto saatio. Alvar aalto remains finlands greatest architect, retains his place among the modern masters of twentiethcentury architecture and is now recognized internationally as one of the worlds greatest architects of all time. Architecture by alvar aalto serie alvar aalto shop.
Obras y proyectos 0 works and projects gal gq editorial gustavo gili, s. Alvar aalto through the camera lens monfri 920 and sat 915. Jyvaskyla 86 museum of fine art, chiraz iran 88 museum of fine art, baghdad iraq 89 alvar aalto museum, jyvaskyla sanatorium 91 tuberculosis sanatorium. Aalto, alvar edificios y proyectos wikiarquitectura. Pdf una arquitectura dialogica alvar aalto pdf ronald gomez.