Alvar Aalto

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architect designer furniture designer human modernist architect

Alvar Aalto was a pioneering Finnish architect and designer known for his humanistic modernist buildings and influential furniture designs.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Alvar Aalto canonical	59
Alvar Aalto Architects	2
Alvar Aalto (posthumous honorary association, not as laureate)	1
Alvar Aalto’s key works	1
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect ⓘ designer ⓘ furniture designer ⓘ human ⓘ modernist architect ⓘ
awardReceived	AIA Gold Medal ⓘ Royal Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects
coFounded	Artek ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Finland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1898-02-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1976-05-11 ⓘ
designedFor	Artek ⓘ
educatedAt	Helsinki University of Technology ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Finnish ⓘ
familyName	Aalto ⓘ
fieldOfWork	architecture ⓘ furniture design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ
givenName	Alvar ⓘ Hugo ⓘ
influenced	Nordic ⓘ surface form: Scandinavian design postwar modernist architecture ⓘ
influencedBy	Le Corbusier ⓘ Nordic Classicism ⓘ surface form: Nordic classicism
knownFor	human-centered approach to modernist architecture ⓘ organic forms in furniture and glass design ⓘ use of natural materials such as wood ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
movement	Modernism ⓘ Nordic functionalism ⓘ surface form: Nordic modernism humanistic modernism ⓘ
name	Alvar Aalto self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
notableWork	Alvar Aalto Vase ⓘ Baker House, MIT ⓘ Church of the Three Crosses, Imatra ⓘ Enso-Gutzeit headquarters, Helsinki ⓘ Finlandia Hall ⓘ Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art ⓘ surface form: House of Culture, Helsinki Maison Carrée in Nîmes ⓘ surface form: Maison Carré National Pensions Institute building, Helsinki ⓘ Paimio Chair ⓘ Paimio Sanatorium ⓘ Rovaniemi City Library ⓘ Savoy Restaurant interior, Helsinki ⓘ Sunila Pulp Mill and residential area ⓘ Säynätsalo Town Hall ⓘ University of Jyväskylä campus ⓘ Viipuri Library ⓘ Villa Mairea ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kuortane, Finland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Helsinki ⓘ surface form: Helsinki, Finland
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Aino Aalto ⓘ Elissa Aalto ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki → notableBurial → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

subject surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery

Nordic Classicism → hasNotableArchitect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Royal Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Jørn Utzon → influencedBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Alvar Aalto → name → Alvar Aalto self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto

Jyväskylä → famousResident → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Jyväskylä → hasBuildingBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Modern architecture → hasKeyFigure → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Finlandia Hall → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Finlandia Hall → designedBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Finlandia Hall → interiorDesigner → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Finlandia Hall → hasDesigner → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Baker House (W7) → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Alvar Aalto Medal → namedAfter → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Alvar Aalto Medal → notableRecipient → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alvar Aalto (posthumous honorary association, not as laureate)

Rafael Moneo → influencedBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

RIBA Gold Medal → hasNotableRecipient → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Organic architecture → historicalProponent → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Aalto University → namedAfter → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Mid-century modern architecture → hasNotableArchitect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Alvar → hasNotableBearer → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Aalto → usedBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Aalto → associatedWith → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Aalto → hasNotableBearer → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Kuortane, Finland → birthplaceOf → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

subject surface form: Kuortane

Paimio Sanatorium → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Paimio Sanatorium → notableWorkOf → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Viipuri Library → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Villa Mairea → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Säynätsalo Town Hall → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Säynätsalo Town Hall → designer → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alvar Aalto Architects

Säynätsalo Town Hall → partOf → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alvar Aalto’s key works

Alvar Aalto Vase → designer → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Paimio Chair → designer → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Savoy Restaurant interior, Helsinki → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Savoy Restaurant interior, Helsinki → designer → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Savoy Restaurant interior, Helsinki → hasCustomFurnitureBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Savoy Restaurant interior, Helsinki → featuresLightingBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Sunila Pulp Mill and residential area → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Church of the Three Crosses, Imatra → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Church of the Three Crosses, Imatra → designedBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alvar Aalto Architects

University of Jyväskylä campus → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

University of Jyväskylä campus → notableArchitect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

National Pensions Institute building, Helsinki → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Enso-Gutzeit headquarters, Helsinki → architect → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Enso-Gutzeit headquarters, Helsinki → designedBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Artek → foundedBy → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Artek → notableDesigner → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Elissa Aalto → spouse → Alvar Aalto ⓘ

Elissa Aalto → associatedWith → Alvar Aalto ⓘ