A new book from the grandson of the celebrated Finnish architects draws on never-before-published letters and photographs to tell the tale of the couple’s shared legacy. Aino and Alvar Aalto in the ...

Paimio Sanatorium / Alvar Aalto. Image © Leon via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 To celebrate International Women's Day, we asked the Brazilian non-profit group Arquitetas ...

Founded in 1935 in Helsinki by Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl, Artek was born from an insight: ...

A new exhibition looks at the collaboration between Alvar and Aino Aalto, and their work for the Finnish design company Artek. “Companies are like great buildings,” says Nina Stritzler-Levine, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Helsinki’s Savoy Restaurant, a design landmark that first opened its doors to patrons in 1937, recently debuted a refresh. The interiors of this 122-seat space were originally created by famed ...

There's plenty of art to feast your eyes on in these four very different coffee table books. Presented in reverse chronological order, we move back in time from Art is Art — a fabulous collection of ...

This summer, the art, architecture and design of Finland will be celebrated in London. Reason & Intuition - Alvar Aalto & Ola Kolehmainen in Soane is a new exhibition bringing together the finest ...

In 1925 modern tubular furniture was born. Its birthplace was the Bauhaus, famed German school of architecture and design which Nazis later turned into a domestic science school for girls. It had a ...