SaatRasta Photo by Giovanni Hänninen. Image Courtesy of Alvar Aalto Foundation Understanding the unique geographical, climatic and social characteristics of the environment, the office’s design work ...

When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined building must have looked like an emissary from the future, set down in a forest of fragrant ...

As a first step in identifying the next UNESCO World Heritage sites, the Finnish Heritage Agency has updated the country’s tentative proposal list to include 13 buildings designed by early Finnish ...

It would be an honour for any architect to be able to have their their work embellish an Alvar Aalto construction. So when entries opened for a competition for international architects to design the ...

HELSINKI, Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2026, Helsinki invites international visitors to experience a city where design icons, Nordic wellbeing, and a dynamic food and culture scene come together.

The Alvar Aalto Foundation has begun a collaborative project with Google to make Aalto buildings even more accessible to the public. Using Google’s revolutionary Street View navigation tool, along ...

A new volume has been published in the Alvar Aalto Architect monograph series: Rovaniemi Centre (Volume 25). The collection of articles in English exploring the northern design projects of Aalto’s ...

The father of Modernism left a legacy of around 400 architectural projects in his home country, the highlights of which can be seen on a tour of southern Finland. Anyone who has visited an Apple store ...

The year 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark Alvar Aalto anniversary year. It marks 90 years since the creation of the avant-garde Aalto vase and 50 years since the death of the master himself. In ...