Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art
44 E. 6th Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513 345 8400
Artist Details
Designer and architect Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, professionally known as Alvar Aalto, was born in 1898 in Kuortane, Finland. He received a degree in 1921 from Helsinki Institute of Technology, Helsinki, Finland. His architectural projects include Alvar Aalto Library, Vyborg, Russia (1935); Muuratsalo Experimental House, Jyväskylä, Finland (1954); Maison Louise Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France (1963); and Riola Church and Parish Centre, Riola di Virgato, Italy (1980).
Aalto died in 1976 in Helsinki, Finland.
Bio and website updated as of 2023.
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