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Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (1898 – 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. The span of his career, from the 1920s to the 1970s, is reflected in the styles of his work, ranging from Nordic Classicism in his early work, to a rational International Style Modernism during the 1930s to a more organic modernist style from 1940 onwards. Typical for his entire career is a concern for design as a Gesamtkunstwerk, a total work of art.
Completed in 1933, the Paimio Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis sanatorium designed by architect Alvar Aalto. The project has been canonized as an internationally recognized masterpiece of modern architecture, and it is often considered to be the breakthrough of Alvar Aalto. In 1960, the building was converted into a general hospital.
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The villa Mairea is a country house, built by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in Noormarkku, Finland between 1937 and 1940 for the couple Harry and Maire Gullichsen, who asked him to consider as an “experimental house”.
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The Alvar Alto House in the district of Munkkiniemi, Helsinki was the building where the famous architect developed most of his life and career. Alvar and Aino Aalto designed the house at Riihitie 20 as their home and architectural office in 1935-36. The house now serves as a home museum.
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