Alvar Hugo Henrik Aalto (1898-1976)

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Alvar Hugo Henrik Aalto

Born on	3 February 1898
in	Kuortane, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Deceased on	11 May 1976
in	Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Husband of

Elissa Mäkiniemi

Biography

1916 - 1921

Studies architecture under Armas Lindgren at the Helsinki Polytechnic School.

1923

Opens his own office in Jyväskylä.

1939

Finnish pavilion at the World Exposition in New York.

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects
Role, name of structure (year of completion)		Structure part
Architect
	Aalto Building (1961)
	Aalto Theater (1988)
	City Library - Regional Library (1965)
	City Theatre (1987)
	Heilig-Geist-Kirche (1962)
	Lakeuden Risti church (1960)
	Lakeuden Risti Parish Centre (1966)
	Santa Maria Assunta Church (1978)
	Seinäjoki City Hall (1962)
	State Office Building (1968)
	Stephanuskirche (1968)

Relevant Web Sites
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	Alvar Aalto Foundation
	archINFORM: Alvar Hugo Henrik Aalto
	Digital Archive of American Architecture: Alvar Aalto
	dmoz: Aalto, Alvar
	ELPDLP: Alvar Aalto
	Great Buildings Online: Alvar Aalto
	Vitruvio: Alvar Aalto
	Yahoo! Alvar Aalto

Relevant Literature
	Alvar Aalto - Das Gesamtwerk / L'oeuvre complète / The Complete Work, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764355174, 1999.
	Bussagli, Marco Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France) , ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 354-355.
	Sabbah, Catherine Le sanatorium de Paimio (Finlande), in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 25 June 2004, n. 5248 .

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