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Aalto Alvar ('alvar). 1898--1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer, noted particularly for his public and industrial buildings, in which wood is much used. He invented bent plywood furniture (1932) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Beurs will be presenting a
retrospective on organic architecture in Europe,
with works by famous architects such as Antoni
Gaudi, Rudolf Steiner and Alvar Aalto, and by two
Dutchmen, Ton Alberts and Max van Huut. On a
related note, Pardo actually employed a Noguchi work in one of his own
sculptural environments, just as he has done with a Volkswagen car model
and the work of Alvar Aalto. , initiated in 2000, takes as its starting point that city's
municipal library, designed by Alvar Aalto in 1927 and completed in
1935, symbolizing the modernist aspirations of a newly independent
Finnish state (Vyborg, then Finland's second largest city, was
called Viipuri at the time, changing names when annexed by the Soviets
in 1944). |
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