1. Born in Kuortane, Finland, Aalto started practicing his architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.
2. Aalto married again after his wife passed away early in his career. Both his wives worked with him on his projects, including Finlandia Hall.
3.Aalto verbally conveyed his plans and ideas of his architecture. However, he became silent after the 1950s; "Aalto wanted to respond by built projects and concrete examples rather than verbal and intellectual speculations" (Shigeru Ban, pg 56).
Alvar Aalto
Finlandia: Talo Huset Hall. Finlandia Hall Ltd. Web. 4 Feb. 2015.
<https://www.finlandiatalo.fi/en>.
Ban, Shigeru. Alvar Aalto: Through the Eyes of Shingeru Ban. Ed. Juhani Pallasmaa and
Tomoko Sato. London: Black Dog, 2007. Print.
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