Vila Mairea....

 

 

 

 

 

Norrmark, 1939, by Aalvar Aalto

Alajärvi Town Hall....

 

1966, by Alvar Aalto (photos: jmtp)

Apartments for factory workers....1938

Kotka, by Alvar Aalto

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Modern..1938..1988..or 2038 !

Another masterpiece from Finland....

Säynätsalo Town Hall, 1951, by Alvar Aalto

Experimental house....

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This is not only exquisite architecture but groundbreaking creativity....
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Muuratsalo, 1954, by Alvar Aalto

The house of silence....

by Juhani Pallasmaa, 2002

Kulttuuritalo....

(photos: Simon Glynn)

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Helsinki, 1958, by Alvar Aalto

Helsingin merimieskeskus....

ARK-house arkkitehdit Oy, 2009

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....Scandinavian architecture at its best !

Finlandia Hall....

....but the use of thin Carrara marble slabs became a technical disaster (the slabs tended to curve).

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Helsinki, Aalvar Aalto, 1971