Alvar Aalto

Alvar and Elissa Aalto in the 1950s.

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer, as well as a sculptor and painter. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware.

Quotes

• Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.
  • Alvar Aalto, quoted in: Bruce Newlands The Art of Building, cicstart.org