Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 - May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect and a designer of furniture and glassware. Born in Kuortane, Finland and one of the first and most influential architects of the Scandinavian modern movement. Major works include the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, Finland, and the campus of Helsinki University of Technology. Aalto's glassware include the world-famous "Aalto Vase".
Alvar Aalto was born in Kuortane, Finland in 1898 on February 3 and died in Helsinki on May 11 1976. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Helsinki from 1916 to 1921. Back in Jyväskylä, he opened his first architectural office in 1923. The following year he married architect Aino Marsio. Their honeymoon journey to Italy sealed an intellectual bond with the culture of the Mediterranean region that was to remain important to Aalto for the rest of his life.
Aalto's wide field of activity ranges from designing furniture and glassware to architecture and painting. His vase collection of glass design is known all over the world.
Aalto's vases transferred from karhula to iittala glassworks for rationalisation reasons, Iittala took objects from the "Aalto" series into production because of their artictic values.
Alvar Aalto collections were making the architects homes beautiful, but in the late 70`s the "Aalto" vase found its way to ordinary home's, first in Scandinavia, then all over the world. He designed 70 buildings for the town and its surroundings, 37 of which were realised.
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