”To have a life, this building has to work for the community, not be a museum”, concluded architect David Fixler …
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Sleep-over at an icon of modern architecture, Säynätsalo Town Hall by Alvar Aalto
What would it feel like to spend a night at one of Alvar Aalto’s masterpieces? Now it is possible to …
Read more »Workshop for discussing the future of Alvar Aalto’s masterpiece, Säynätsalo Town Hall, 7–8 June 2017
SÄYNÄTSALO TOWN HALL WORKSHOP – MODERN MASTERPIECE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 7–8 JUNE 2017, Säynätsalo, Finland Alvar Aalto Academy invites researchers …
Read more »Alvar Aalto Museum gallery exhibition looks at gardens and landscape architecture
The “Down the Stairs to a Shady Grove” exhibition, which enchanted visitors of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki …
Read more »Maximal | Minimal: Alvar Aalto Design Seminar 27–28 August, 2016
The 8th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar titled Maximal | Minimal will discuss an array of topics from arts & crafts to the lighting …
Read more »The 13th Alvar Aalto Symposium will discuss the making of architecture
The 13th International Alvar Aalto Symposium has invited an impressive group of renowned architects who will share their motives, sources …
Read more »Aalto’s summer paradises at the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä
Alvar Aalto’s prolific career included designs for more than 100 summer homes. A carefully curated selection of these is now …
Read more »Hedwig Heinsman from DUS Architects: “Our objective is to consciously influence people’s everyday life”.
Hedwig Heinsman is one of the three founding members of the Amsterdam-based office DUS Architects. The young office boldly searches …
Read more »Pleasant it is to be when death is near. Alvar Aalto’s unrealized cemetery and funeral chapel designs in Jyväskylä
Hyvä on olla, kun on lähellä kuolemaa. Pleasant it is to be when death is near. – Uuno Kailas, 1931; …
Read more »Finnish Architecture Biennial Review 2014 now on display in Jyväskylä
The selected highlights of the most recent Finnish architecture – Finnish Architecture. Biennial Review 2014 – are now exhibited in …
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