Aalto, Alvar

Aalto, Alvar Links

• Alvar Aalto 1898-1998 Photograph of and quotations from the architect, with a gallery of images of buildings and furniture he designed, with captions in English, German and French, from Welcome to Finland.
  
• Alvar Aalto Brief biography and bibliography of the modern Finnish architect in Great Buildings Online. Photographs or downloadable 3D models of some of his buildings, with dates, comments and bibliography.
  
• Alvar Aalto Virtual Finland offers a biography by Joe Brady, a portrait drawn by Pekka Vuori and an extract from a speech by Aalto in Real Audio, StreamWorks or WAV.
  
• Between Humanism and Materialism Notice of 1998 MoMA exhibition of Aalto's works. Includes illustrated timeline of Aalto's career.
  
• Alvar Aalto and Kotka Kotka official city site provides an account of Aalto's work on the Sunila industrial complex, with a photograph of the architect.
  
• The Alvar Aalto Centenary Articles, including "A Century of Finnish Architecture", presented by Virtual Finland.
  
• Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) Biography, major works, assessment and bibliography of the Finnish architect, city planner, and furniture designer from Encyclopædia Britannica.
  
• Alvar Aalto Full, illustrated biography, bibliography and lists of his buildings provided by the Alvar Aalto Foundation.
  
• Alvar Aalto Foundation Information about the Aalto Archives, Museum and Academy.
  
• Masters: Alvar Aalto A portrait, biography, photographs and an index of books on the celebrated Finnish architect from Masters of Architecture by Carl Nilsson-Polias.
  
• Alvar Aalto: A Conceptual Analysis A study of some of the works of the Finnish architect carried out over the Internet within the postgraduate program of the Chair for Architecture and CAAD, ETH Zurich.
  
• An Architecture of Identity Analysis of the Turun Sanomat building by Angela Mazzi, published in 1993 by Architronic.
  
• Alvar Aalto: An Appreciation An illustrated article by architect Richard Weston, an expert on Finland´s great pioneer of the International Modern Movement, from Virtual Finland.