Tag Alvar Aalto

14-10-2014

SAFA announces the first Finlandia Prize for Architecture

The Finnish Association of Architects, SAFA has announced the first Finlandia Prize for Architecture A prize awarded to architecture that generates cultural value and well-being.

13-08-2014

Alvar Aalto Second Nature Exhibition, Vitra Design Museum

September will see the opening of a large retrospective dedicated to Alvar Aalto at the Vitra Design Museum, in partnership with the Finnish Museum devoted to the noted architect.

10-07-2014

Floornaturelive Finnish pavilion at the Architecture Biennale

The pavilion of Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto in the Biennale grounds of the Giardini hosts the exhibition “Re-Creation”, which explores how the concept of architecture can be transformed from local conditions and traditions.

17-04-2014

Shelton, Mindel & Associates, Interior Design 551W21 Sales Office

Architect Lee Mindel designed the interior of the sales office for Foster + Partners’ tower 551W21.

08-10-2013

Helsinki Design Week Diary

Architect Shoko Murakaji, winner of the second Next Landmark contest’s First Work category, kept a diary of his experience at Helsinki Design Week offering a designer’s eye view of the Finnish capital.

29-08-2012

Exhibition, Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000

The exhibition currently running at the MoMA in New York is a journey through design creations for children, from toys to structures designed especially for children.

08-06-2011

Experience…Finland is coming up in Genoa

Experience…Finland, a travelling event including a series of initiatives promoting Finnish architecture and design, comes to Genoa.

25-05-2011

New York: "Plywood: Material, Process, Form" at MoMA

The exhibition at MoMA in New York focuses on plywood as a material, processes and forms featured in furniture and objects designed by great architects such as Alvar Aalto, Eero Saarinen, Arne Jacobsen, Charles and Ray Eames.