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Aalto on First Avenue; a brief history of the Finnish master's lyrical conference suite. (Design in New York)

John McAndrew started the whole thing. He was filled with admiration for Alvar Aalto's Finnish pavilion at the Paris world's fair, 1937. Next year he organized an exhibition of Aalto's work at the Museum of Modern Art. His enthusiasm was catching, for Aalto's designs represented a breath of fresh air. Unlike the Bauhaus and I'Esprit Nouveau, Aalto made eloquent use of natural materials and of detailing reminiscent of traditional handicraft rather than of factory production. He was interested in efficiency, but not in the existenz-minumum; his aim was clearly to maximize a reasonable way of life. so, although at that time Aalto was affiliated with CIAM (the International ...

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