2021年5月4日 · From structures to ceilings to stools, Alvar Aalto brought wood to the fore during his career through innovative uses and impressive details.

When one thinks of Alvar Aalto images of laminated wood and plywood furniture instantly spring to mind. Alvar experimented with a variety of construction materials including tubular steel but he made the most significant technical innovations using laminated materials such as …

6 小时之前 · Alvar Aalto, the renowned Finnish architect, designer, and town planner, forged a remarkable synthesis of romantic and pragmatic ideas. ... In the 1930s, Aalto became identified with wood—the essential, profuse, natural material that served as the backbone of the Finnish economy—and known for his explorations of bending and shaping it.

In Alvar Aalto's architecture wood had an important role, symbolically and as a material. Aalto brought out the biological characteristics of wood and its relationship with human beings and...

Assistant Dean and Professor at Yale School of Architecture Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen explores the relationship between the wood designs of Alvar Aalto and the forests of his native Finland, as part of Serpentine’s ongoing design research with Formafantasma. An image of virginal boreal forest pops up whenever Finnish architect Alvar Aalto is mentioned.

What makes Alvar Aalto’s designs so enduring? From sculptural chairs to iconic vases, his work reshaped modern design with organic elegance. Dive in to uncover the pieces that changed everything.

This article proposes an interpretation of the Portuguese experience on wooden architecture taking in account the concept of envoltura/wrapping (Caters 2007: 89) and the influence of Alvar Aalto's work in the Portuguese architectural scene in the fifties of the twentieth century.

2019年7月3日 · Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (born February 3, 1898) became famous for both his modernist buildings and his furniture designs of bent plywood. His influence on American furniture-making continues to be seen in public buildings.

2014年3月14日 · In Alvar Aalto's architecture wood had an important role, symbolically and as a material. Aalto brought out the biological characteristics of wood and its relationship with human beings and with nature in his architecture.

Aalto graduated as an architect in 1921, when Finland had been independent only for few years. The time for dusty hardwood vitrines, and massive decorative stone buildings where fading to the background. Aalto was on the verge of a new time, and it showed in his designs.