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Alvar Aalto
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thumb|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
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Category:1898 births
Category:1976 deaths
Category:Painters from Finland
Category:Academics from Finland
Category:Architects from Finland
Category:Designers
Category:Sculptors