Studio Aalto

A critical reappraisal of the Aalto portfolio—its legacy, significance, and relevance“It is not what a building looks like on the opening day that matters but what it is like thirty years later,” noted the Finnish modernist Alvar Aalto (1898–1976). Heeding Aalto’s suggestion, this book appraises the legacy, significance, and relevance of one of the most widely admired twentieth-century design practices today. Three decades after the closure of Alvar Aalto Architects Ltd., and half a century af