invited – a home tour of Alvar Aalto ‘s residence. I was invited on the tour by Habitare and this post is written on my own accord. a brief history before the tour Alvar Aalto, one of my design heroes and one the most influential architects and designers for modernism and functionalism. Aalto (1898-1976) qualified as an architect in 1921, setting up his first architectural practice in Jyväskylä, Finland. His architectural style at that time had principles of Nordic Classicism,…
