On a tour of southern Finland, seeing the enduring masterworks of architect Alvar Aalto.

The Postwar design phenomenon known as mid-century modernism has been back—and thriving—for years now. In addition to a steady stream of new products from major retailers that cash in on the clean ...

When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined building must have looked like an emissary from the future, set down in a forest of fragrant ...

Finlandia Hall, a 1971 concert venue designed by Alvar Aalto on the banks of Helsinki, reopens to the public this weekend. The ribbon cutting comes after a three year renovation helmed by ...

Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and interior designer, widely regarded as one of the forebears of Nordic Modernism. View Alvar Aalto’s 6,782 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, ...

Discover Studio Aalto, a protected architectural gem in Helsinki, showcasing Alvar Aalto's innovative design from 1955.

One of Modernism's great heroes, Alvar Aalto, was recently the subject of a major exhibition at the Barbican in London. In an exclusive interview Hannah Booth talks to the exhibition's guest ...

New York–based Office of Tangible Space was tapped to lead the dismantlement of Aalto's Kaufmann Conference Center. Upon completion, “nationwide exhibitions” will give the public access to ...

Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and interior designer, widely regarded as one of the forebears of Nordic Modernism. He was born on February 3, 1898 in Kuortane, Finland and studied at the Helsinki ...

A unique new option is now available to design lovers who happen to find themselves seeking overnight accommodations in Western Finland: the former patient rooms of a 1933 sanatorium designed by Alvar ...

The midcentury gem that is the House of Culture in Helsinki is one of Alvar Aalto's masterpieces - an iconic event space conceived as a place for performance and the arts and imbued with the modernist ...

Aalto2 Museum Centre: a vision fulfilled Aalto2 fulfills Aalto's wish of creating a forum to showcase a variety of art forms. In fact, in his first proposal for the Jyväskylä Art Museum (later the ...