The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way to forms behind which real human values lie.
Objects are made to be completed by the human mind. - Alvar Aalto
Objects are made to be completed by the human mind.
- Alvar Aalto
Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to ma… - Alvar Aalto
Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to ma…
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 bui… - Alvar Aalto
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 bui…
The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But … - Alvar Aalto
The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But …
Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy. - Alvar Aalto
Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.
Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction. - Alvar Aalto
Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.
True architecture exists only where man stands in the center. - Alvar Aalto
True architecture exists only where man stands in the center.
We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in… - Alvar Aalto
We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in…
The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architectu… - Alvar Aalto
The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architectu…
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