Aalto, Alvar Henrik
Alvar Aalto was one of the most original and inventive architects of this century. Born at Kuortane in Finland, son of a forester, he studied architecture at the Helsinki Polytechnic, and in 1927 won a competition for a library at Viipuri. His second major work of the early “white” period was the Paimio Sanatorium (1929 - 33), a reinforced concrete building in the International style, for which he also designed the equipment (bent plywood furniture, used here for the first time).
A Biographical Dictionary of Artists, © Andromeda 1995
