Alvar Aalto

Dream Source: Original pieces from the International Style and modernist movements by designers such as Alvar Aalto, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Arne Jacobsen and auctions.

Apartment Therapy Main 2009

Under the influence of Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus masters, and their Finnish avatar Alvar Aalto, Danish designers solved the Modernist problem, it can seem, once and for all.

Danish Design's Homely Attraction J. S. Marcus 2011

Alvar Aalto is the architect who gave the modernist world three legs to stand on, with his classic 60 white-birch stackable stool, designed in 1933 for the Viipuri library in his native Finland.

Fresh Picks: News From the Design World 2011

Andrew Duncanson from Modernity has rare pieces by Alvar Aalto; Todd Merrill, an outstanding 3.5-meter sculpture of a dandelion circa 1960 by Harry Bertoia; and Bernard Jacobson, some magnificent Robert Motherwell canvases.

All's Fair in London Emma Crichton-Miller 2011

Bright sunshine draws me out of my bed at the Park Hotel, a quirky house built in 1902, whose most notable past resident was design legend Alvar Aalto he lived here in the late 1920s, and whose most notable current resident is an enormous parrot in the lobby.

Turku: European Capital of Culture 2011 Norman Miller 2010

We may be more inclined to find beauty in bare function, like the classic bentwood furniture created more than 70 years ago by the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto.

Betting It All on the Farm 2009

"Alvar Aalto's Helsinki Legacy" presents 20 buildings in Helsinki designed by the Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976).

Time Off 2009

Garnet Hill, a high-end linens catalog, has branched out, offering the brightly colored Jacobsen chairs and Alvar Aalto stools.

Modern Living 101 2008

"" Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism '' puts 20 architectural models, several pieces of furniture and 150 drawings on display at the Museum of Modern Art (through May 19).

Finland: Designer Nation 2008

Finlandia Hall by Alvar Aalto is a massive building, entirely clad in white marble.

Build Blog » The Modern List Finland 2008