Summaries

This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, Aalto tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.

Details

Keywords
  • architect
  • architecture
  • modernism
  • modern architecture
  • reference to alvar aalto
Genres
  • History
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Sep 3, 2020
Countries of origin Finland
Official sites Official site
Filming locations Villa Mairea, Noormarkku, Pori, Finland
Production companies ARTE AVEK Euphoria Film

Box office

Gross worldwide $73111

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 43m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 2.39 : 1

Synopsis

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