Alvar aalto house

In 1935, Aino and Alvar Aalto purchased a plot of land in Helsinki and began to design their home. The architect couple´s cosy and intimate residence and studio was completed in 1936. The house is divided into a workspace used by Alvar Aalto´s architectural firm and the couple´s private residence. (Alvar Aalto Museum)

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After 20 years of working there, Alvar Aalto’s architecture practice outgrew the modest studio space in his home near Helsinki, and in 1956 he re-located it to a building just down the road. The new spot, designed by Aalto himself, was an architect’s architecture firm, with soaring spaces, wide expanses of glass, and abundant light. In short: it was the perfect space to work.

The 20th-century Finnish architect created some of the world’s most studied and revered structures. What happens when they no longer serve any practical purpose?

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Aino Aalto brought the modern interior design ideals that she thought were practical to Finland. Her style can be seen, for example, in the interior of Villa Mairea.

Villa Mairea, by Alvar Aalto, in Noormarkku, Finland. 1938.

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Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) designed nearly one hundred single-family houses. ...

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Angelucci 20th Century’s Instagram post: “The summer house of Alvar and Elissa Aalto, Finland c.1952 ✨ #aalto #alvaraalto #1950s #midcentury #experimentalhouse #finland #architect…”

Images done from digital recreation of Maison Louis Carré designed by Architect Alvar Aalto and Elissa Aalto.3d model by TCT

A visual study of the iconic Alvar Aalto House in Helsinki captured on Fujifilm X-T5 and the film simulation recipe Cuban Negative. #cubannegative

Numerous buildings testify to Alvar Aalto’s intensive design activity outside of Finland. Of the six buildings which he completed in Germany, three are to be found in the city of Wolfsburg: the Alvar-Aalto-Kulturhaus and two churches, Heilig-Geist-Kirche and Stephanuskirche.

In 1934, Aino and Alvar Aalto acquired a site in almost completely untouched surroundings in Helsinki for their house.