Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)
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.
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Quotes
edit- 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