One of Finnish modern architect Alvar Aalto‘s famous designs is the Hand Grenade pendant light from 1952. Its sleek cylinder within a cylinder doesn’t look particularly like the explosive device, but ...

You’ve probably seen the curvy, free-form glass vases and sleek birch-wood stools dozens of times, and never given them or their designer, Alvar Aalto a second thought. Commonplace today, these were ...

There is an ulterior motive, too, in architecture, which is always peeping out from around the corner, the idea of creating paradise. It is the only purpose of our buildings. If we do not carry this ...

The Alvar Aalto Foundation hosts the 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium at the University of Jyväskylä. The symposium explores how architecture can affect and improve global crises, such as global warming, ...

He built wild, magical buildings and furniture that is still thrilling today. But a new film suggests the celebrated Finn was also a domineering philanderer deeply indebted to his talented wives Wonky ...

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 ...

Jyväskylä, a city whose status as the center of Finnish culture and academia during the nineteenth century earned it the nickname “the Athens of Finland,” awarded Alvar Aalto the contract to design a ...

HELSINKI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese architect Zhang Ke was awarded 2017 Alvar Aalto Medal, one of the most internationally recognized architecture prizes, Finland's Alvar Aalto Foundation announced ...

The Architecture Film Festival London, now at its third edition, fosters conversations around architecture, society and the built environment through the medium of film. Along with the International ...