Bibliography and creditsAlvar Aalto was born on the 3rd of February 1898 in the village of Kuortane in the south of East Bothnia. His father was a land surveyor and the small Alvar liked to crawl around under his white worktable. When he was four years old, he discovered the surface of'the desk and began to sketch his ideas on it. He inherited his father's social attitude, his cosmopolitan air and the habit of dressing himself flawlessly. He got from his mother his liveliness, his creative talent and his anarchistic temperament. From his maternal grandfather, a forest warden, Alvar learned: "The forest can do without man, but man can-not do without the forest." Alvar was the family's first child, and later came two brothers and a sister. The whole family shared a love for nature, for the forests and the fields.

Introduction

Workers" Club

Municipal Library

Tuberculosis Sanatorium

The Founding of Artek

Residential Building and Studio

The Savoy Vase

Cellulose Factory and Housing Area

Villa Mairea

Finnish Pavilion

Student Dormitory "Baker House"

Saynatsalo Town Hall

Institute ofTechnology

Pedagogical University

Town Centre

Experimental Summer House

"House of Culture"

Hansaviertel Block of Flats

Church of the Three Crosses

Maison Carre

Neue Vahr Block of Flats

Finlandia Hall

Life and Work

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