Alvar Aalto
1898 to 1976
10 documented presences
9 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Alvar Aalto across 9 places, from 1916 to 1976. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Alvar Aalto was documented, and when
1916year
Jyväskyläattested
“He studied at the Jyväskylä Lyceum school, where he completed his basic education in 1916, and took drawing lessons from local artist Jonas Heiska.”
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1916year
Helsinkiattested
“In 1916, he then enrolled to study architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.”
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1916year
Helsinki University of Technologyattested
“In 1916, he then enrolled to study architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.”
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1920year
Gothenburgattested
“In 1920, while a student, Aalto made his first trip abroad, travelling via Stockholm to Gothenburg, where he briefly found work with architect Arvid Bjerke.”
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1920year
Stockholmattested
“In 1920, while a student, Aalto made his first trip abroad, travelling via Stockholm to Gothenburg, where he briefly found work with architect Arvid Bjerke.”
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1939year
Noormarkkuattested
“Aalto's early experiments with wood and his move away from a purist modernism would be tested in built form with the commission to design Villa Mairea (1939) in Noormarkku, the luxury home of young industrialist couple Harry and Maire Gu…”
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1950 to 1958period
Muuratsaloattested
“Originally used in Baker House to signify the Ivy League university tradition, Aalto went on to use it in a number of key buildings after his return to Finland, most notably in several of the buildings in the new Helsinki University of T…”
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1950 to 1958period
Finlandattested
“Originally used in Baker House to signify the Ivy League university tradition, Aalto went on to use it in a number of key buildings after his return to Finland, most notably in several of the buildings in the new Helsinki University of T…”
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11 May 1976exact date
Helsinkiattested
“Alvar Aalto died on 11 May 1976, in Helsinki, and is buried in the Hietaniemi cemetery in Helsinki.”
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11 May 1976exact date
Hietaniemi cemeteryattested
“Alvar Aalto died on 11 May 1976, in Helsinki, and is buried in the Hietaniemi cemetery in Helsinki.”
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Places Alvar Aalto is documented in
Helsinki2 presences · 1916 to 1976Finland1 presence · 1950Gothenburg1 presence · 1920Stockholm1 presence · 1920
Helsinki University of Technology1 presence · 1916
Hietaniemi cemetery1 presence · 1976
Jyväskylä1 presence · 1916
Muuratsalo1 presence · 1950
Noormarkku1 presence · 1939
Other places tied to Alvar Aalto in the record
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1922year
Tamperementioned
“In 1922, he accomplished his first independent piece at the Industrial Exposition in Tampere.”
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1923year
Jyväskylämentioned
“In 1923, he returned to Jyväskylä, where he opened an architectural office under the name 'Alvar Aalto, Architect and Monumental Artist'.”
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1923 to 1931period
Genevamentioned
“This included two competitions for the Finnish Parliament building in 1923 and 1924, the extension to the University of Helsinki in 1931, and the building to house the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1926–27.”
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June 1923month
Haminamentioned
“In the summer of 1922 he began military service, finishing at Hamina reserve officer training school, and was promoted to reserve second lieutenant in June 1923.”
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1926year
Alajärvimentioned
“In 1926, the young Aaltos designed and had built for themselves a summer cottage in Alajärvi, Villa Flora.”
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1927year
Turkumentioned
“After winning the architecture competition for the Southwest Finland Agricultural Cooperative building in 1927, the Aaltos moved their office to Turku.”
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1927year
Vyborgmentioned
“The shift in Aalto's design approach from classicism to modernism is epitomised by the Viipuri Library in Vyborg (1927–35), which went through a transformation from an originally classical competition entry proposal to the completed high…”
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1928 to 1929period
Turkumentioned
“During that time, Aalto designed the Standard Apartment Building (1928–29) in Turku, the Turun Sanomat Building (1929–30), and the Paimio Sanatorium (1929–32), which he designed in collaboration with his first wife Aino Aalto.”
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1929 to 1933period
Frankfurtmentioned
“Through Sven Markelius, Aalto became a member of the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), attending the second congress in Frankfurt in 1929 and the fourth congress in Athens in 1933, where he established a close friends…”
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1929 to 1933period
Athensmentioned
“Through Sven Markelius, Aalto became a member of the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), attending the second congress in Frankfurt in 1929 and the fourth congress in Athens in 1933, where he established a close friends…”
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1933year
Helsinkimentioned
“With an increasing quantity of work in the Finnish capital, the Aaltos' office moved again in 1933 to Helsinki.”
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1935 to 1954period
Munkkiniemimentioned
“The Aaltos designed and built a joint house-office (1935–36) for themselves in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, but later (1954–56) had a purpose-built office erected in the same neighbourhood – now the former is a "home museum" and the latter the…”
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1938year
New Yorkmentioned
“His reputation grew in the US following the invitation to hold a retrospective exhibition of his works at MOMA in New York in 1938.”
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1952year
Central Finlandmentioned
“In 1952, he designed and built a summer cottage, the so-called Experimental House, for himself and his second wife, now Elissa Aalto, in Muuratsalo in Central Finland.”
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1952year
1976year
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