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Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect known for his modernist style and functionalist philosophy. His works include several iconic buildings in Finland, such as the Vyborg Art Museum and the Paimio Sanatorium. Aalto's designs emphasized the harmony between nature and the human environment, leaving a profound impact on the architectural world of the 20th century.

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“Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.”

Thinking Way Should Trying Art Together Form Hate Building Art Is Harmony Architecture Hats Way Of Thinking Synthesis Modern Architecture

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“We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city.”

Should Problem Cities Involved Function Architecture Reincarnation Housing Daily Work

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“Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.”

Ifs Art Problem Dangerous Design Possibility Building Architecture Splits Modern Architecture

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“The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.”

People Should House Goal Products Ultimate Fruit Architecture Paradise Architect Endeavour Ultimate Goal

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“God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper.”

Purpose Paper Abuse Architecture Drawing

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“Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.”

Culture Civilization Architecture

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“The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture”

Natural Style Development Essence Architecture Variety Organic Life

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“Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.”

Humans Mean Doe Use Modern Materials Architecture Immature Modern Architecture

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“True architecture exists only where man stands in the center.”

Men Architecture

Book:Alvar Aalto: between humanism and materialism

Source: Alvar Aalto: between humanism and materialism

“It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure.”

Giving Tasks Structure Architecture Architect

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“Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth.”

Earth Architecture Locals Ties Rooted

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“Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time than other creative work.”

World Needs Ideas Creative Demand Fishes Architecture Take Time Creative Work Time Of Need Specks It Takes Time Spawn

Book:Alvar Aalto: points of contact

Source: Alvar Aalto: points of contact

About the Author

Born: February 3, 1898
Died: May 11, 1976
Known for: Architect
Quotes: 28

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Alvar Aalto, Furniture and Glass: Exhibition the Museum of Modern Art, New YorkRelated source material

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Alvar Aalto: 1963-1970 (3. Aufl.)Related source material

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