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.

Aliases (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 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	Scandinavian design → postwar modernist architecture →
influencedBy	Le Corbusier → 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 modernism → humanistic modernism →
name	Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto →
notableWork	Alvar Aalto Vase → Baker House, MIT → Church of the Three Crosses, Imatra → Enso-Gutzeit headquarters, Helsinki → Finlandia Hall → House of Culture, Helsinki → 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, Finland →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Aino Aalto → Elissa Aalto →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jyväskylä →	famousResident
Jyväskylä →	hasBuildingBy
Nordic Classicism →	hasNotableArchitect
Jørn Utzon →	influencedBy
Alvar Aalto ("Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto") →	name
Hietaniemi Cemetery →	notableBurial
Royal Gold Medal →	notableRecipient