Alvar Aalto

Kuortane, Finland, 3.2.1898 - Helsinki, Finland, 11.5.1976 (Kuortane, Finlandia, 3.2.1898 - Helsinki, Finlandia, 11.5.1976)
Official site: Alvar Aalto Foundation


Info (Informazioni)

1898 born at Kuortane on February 3rd
1916 matriculation from Jyväskylä Classical Lyceum
1921 diploma of architecture at the Institute of Technology, Helsinki
1923-27 private architectural office in Jyväskylä (from 1924 in collaboration with Aino Aalto)
1924 married to architect Aino Marsio (1894-1949)
1927-33 private architectural office in Turku
1933- private architectural office in Helsinki
1943-58 Chairman of the Association of Finnish Architects SAFA (Honorary Member since 1958)
1946-48 Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. (Cambridge, USA)
1952 married to architect Elissa Mäkiniemi
1955- member of the Finnish Academy (Emeritus Member since 1968)
1963-68 President of the Finnish Academy
1976 died in Helsinki on May 11th




Most important projects (Progetti principali)

Work (Opera) Aalto's parents' house renovation, demolished, Alajävi, Finland, 1918 - 1919

Work (Opera) Kauhajärvi Church, belltower, Kauhajärvi, Finland, 1921 - 1923

Work (Opera) Industrial Exhibition, Tampere, Finland, 1922

Work (Opera) Apatment building, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1924 - 1925

Work (Opera) Civil Guard Buildings, Seinäjoki, Finland, 1924 - 1926

Work (Opera) Summer house, Karstula, Finland, 1925

Work (Opera) Casa Laurén, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1925

Work (Opera) Villa Flora, Alajävi, Finland, 1926

Work (Opera) Municiplal Library, Viipuri, Russia, 1927 - 1935

Work (Opera) Sanatorium, Sanatorio, Paimio, Finland, 1929 - 1933

Work (Opera) Terrace House, Kauttua, Finland, 1937 - 1938

Work (Opera) Villa Mairea Gullichsen, Noormarkku, Finland, 1938 - 1939

Work (Opera) Finnish Pavilion NY, New York, United States of America, 1939

Work (Opera) Baker House Dormitory MIT, Cambridge, United States of America, 1947 - 1949

Work (Opera) Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Helsinki, Finland, 1949 - 1974

Work (Opera) Otaniemi Institute of Technology, Otaniemi, Finland, 1949 - 1964

Work (Opera) Säynätsalo Town Hall, Säynätsalo, Finland, 1950 - 1952

Work (Opera) Experimental House, Muuratsalo, Finland, 1952 - 1953

Work (Opera) National Pensions Building, Helsinki, Finland, 1953 - 1956

Work (Opera) Studio Aalto, Munkkiniemi, Finland, 1953 - 1956

Work (Opera) Church of Vuoksenniska, Imatra, Finland, 1955 - 1958

Work (Opera) Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France, 1956 - 1959

Work (Opera) Cultural Centre of Wolsburg and Community Centre, Wolfburg, Germany, 1956 - 1959

Work (Opera) The Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1957 - 1962

Work (Opera) Town Centre, Seinäjoki, Finland, 1958 - 1987

Work (Opera) Cultural Centre, Wolfsburg, Germany, 1959 - 1963

Work (Opera) Maison Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France, 1959

Work (Opera) Enso Gutzeit headquater, Helsinki, Finland, 1959 - 1962

Work (Opera) Library, Rovaniemi, Finland, 1961 - 1966

Work (Opera) Kaufman Conference Rooms, New York, United States of America, 1961 - 1965

Work (Opera) Otaniemi Technical University, Helsinki, Finland, 1962 - 1964

Work (Opera) Community Centre, Seiajoki, Finland, 1962

Work (Opera) Academic Bookshop, Helsinki, Finland, 1962 - 1969

Work (Opera) Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 1962 - 1971

Work (Opera) Library of Helsinki University of Tecnology, Espoo, Otaniemi, Finland, 1964 - 1970

Work (Opera) Block of Flats, Casa d'appartamenti, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1965 - 1968

Work (Opera) Administrative building for the City Electric Co., Helsinki, Finland, 1965 - 1975

Work (Opera) Art Museum, Aalborg, Denmark, 1966 - 1972

Work (Opera) City office building, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1966 - 1970

Work (Opera) Mount Angel Abbey Library - Benedectine College, Mount Angel, United States of America, 1967 - 1970

Work (Opera) Lappia House, Rovaniemi, Finland, 1969 - 1975

Work (Opera) Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1971 - 1973

Work (Opera) Fire-testing laboratory, Otaniemi, Finland, 1973

Work (Opera) Congrss Wing of the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 1975

Work (Opera) Mid-West Institute of Scandinavian Culture is only the plan. Never built, Eau Claire, United States of America, 1975

Work (Opera) Church of Lahti, Lahti, Finland, 1975 - 1979