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Article: Obituary: Elissa Aalto
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 23, 1994
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Elsa Kaisa (Elissa) Makiniemi, architect: born Kemi, Finland 22
November 1922; married 1952 Alvar Aalto (died 1976); died Helsinki
12 April 1994.
ELISSA AALTO was the wife and partner of the Finnish architect
Alvar Aalto. After 1949 she assisted in all competition projects
that his office undertook and after his death in 1976 she managed
the office in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, herself, and took over the
chairmanship of Artek, the design and furniture company he had
started in the 1920s. She championed his work, completed his
unfinished projects and defended his completed projects against
unwarranted alteration. She was a remarkable ambassador for Finnish
architecture.
Elissa Aalto was born Elsa ...