Alvar Aalto: Father of Modernism

Alvar Aalto was born in 1898 in Kuortane in Finland and died in Helsinki 1976th He was a famous Finnish architect and furniture designer. Aalto studied architecture in Helsinki and graduated 1921st His career did not start particularly well in the Finnish capital, so he moved to a small town where he found an office.

He hired a young, female glass and furniture designer named Aino, who later became his wife. Aino and Alvar had two children. Alvar Aalto in Finland working with to design the most famous landmarks in the 1920s - and 1930s. He was a teacher at MIT in the late 1940s. His most famous furniture includes several table designer and his lamps are highly regarded.

Alvar Aalto ( http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvar_Aalto ) designed the first piece of furniture even before he graduated. He new architectural office got a big order to design furniture for six churches in Finland. In 1929 he designed the the famous Paimio Sanatorium and all furniture and lamps for it. He designed the customized Aalto tables and other furniture for all buildings.

At that time he began to patent their methods of bending wood, but the rights of the majority of patents in many countries for this new form of laminated bent plywood furniture. Alvar Aalto 901 TROLLEY, along with many other chairs and Aalto table, is known for this construction of bent wood. Together with several other famous designers such as Bruno Mathsson and Yngve Ekström Aalto became famous for his style which strongly contributed to the concept of "Scandinavisk Modern" design.

Alvar Aalto called his style "organic functionalism" and as Father of Modernism in the Nordic countries, he has left a clear mark on architecture and möbelformgivningens worlds. He and his wife also had some famous glass works forms such as the appropriate named Aalto vase. Perhaps it was his last honor creation of the Alvar Aalto Medal, the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Finnish Association of Architects, awarded for significant contribution to creative architecture.

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