He was the Scandinavian modernist designer, noted for his humanistic approach to modernism. His function includes architecture, furniture, and glassware. He was one of a 1st & virtually all influential designer of the Scandinavian modern movement, and the member of the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne. Major works include a Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, Finland, and a campus of Helsinki University of Technology. Aalto's glasswork includes the world-famous Aalto Vase.

Life and works
Alvar Aalto was natural within Kuortane, Finland. He exposed architecture at a Helsinki University of Technology from 1916 to 1921. He returned to Jyväskylä, where he opened his foremost architectural professional around 1923. A as punishment season he married designer Aino Marsio. Their honeymoon journeying to Italy sealed an intellectual attach sustaining a culture of the Mediterranean region that was to remain important to Aalto for the rest of his life.

Aalto's wide field of activity ranged from either furniture and glassware designs to architecture and painting. His vase designs come globe-famous. Aalto piece of furniture is made by Artek, a company Aalto co-founded. Aalto glasswork (Aino besides when Alvar) is made by iittala.

Significant buildings
The Aalto-Theater opera house in Essen, Germany. 1921 - 1923: Bell tower, Kauhajärvi, Finland 1924 - 1928: Municipal hospital, Alajärvi, Finland 1926 - 1929: Defence Corps Building, Jyväskylä, Finland 1927: Töölö church, Helsinki, Finland 1927: Viipuri library (new drawings, 1928, 1929, 1933, built according to previous drawings 1934 - 1935) 1928 - 1929, 1930: Turun Sanomat newspaper offices, Turku, Finland 1928 - 1929: Tuberculosis sanatorium & staff housing, Paimio, Finland 1931: Central University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia (former Yugoslavia) 1933 - 1935: Municipal library, Vyborg, Russia 1934: Corso theatre, restaurant interior, Zürich, Switzerland 1939: Finnish Pavilion, 1939 World's Fair 1947 - 1948: Baker House, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1949 - 1966: Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland 1950 - 1957: Kansaneläkelaitos (National Pension Institution) office building, Helsinki, Finland 1952 - 1958: House of Culture, Helsinki, Finland 1958 - 1987: Town centre, Seinäjoki, Finland 1958 - 1972: North Jutland Art Museum, Aalborg, Denmark ?? - 1965: Regional Library of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland 1962 - 1971: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland 1963 - 1965: Building for Westmannia-Dalecarlia Nation, Uppsala, Sweden 1962: Central-Building of the Satellite-city "Neue Vahr", Bremen, Germany 1970: Mount Angel Abbey Library, Mount Angel, Oregon 1959 - 1988: Essen opera house, Essen, Germany

Furniture and glassware

1932: Paimio Chair [http://www.artek.fi/en/products.html?Id=41] Piece of furniture collection for the Viipuri library 1933 Three-legged stacking Stool 60 [http://www.artek.fi/en/products.html?Id=60] 1933 Four-legged Stool E60 [http://www.artek.fi/en/products.html?Id=E60] 1939 Armchair 406 [http://www.artek.fi/en/products.html?Id=406] Lamps 1954 Floor lamp A805 [http://www.artek.fi/en/products.html?Id=A805] 1959 Floor lamp A810 [http://www.artek.fi/en/products.html?Id=A810] 1936: Aalto Vase