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Elissa Aalto (born Elsa Kaisa Mäkiniemi; 22 November 1922 – 12 April 1994) was a Finnish architect. Life. Elsa Mäkiniemi graduated in architecture from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1949, and the same year she joined the office of Alvar Aalto. They married in 1952, when she was 29 and he was 54, and they had no children together.
Elissa Aalto. Elsa-Kaisa Mäkiniemi (22.11.1922–12.4.1994) graduated as an architect in Helsinki in 1949 and commenced work at Alvar Aalto’s architect’s office in that same year. She began using the name Elissa after marrying Alvar Aalto in 1952. Elissa Aalto viewing architectural drawings.
Jan 26, 2022 · In November 2022, it will be 100 years since the birth of the architect Elissa Aalto (1922−1994). Starting in the 1950s, Alvar Aalto ’s colleague and second wife played a major role in several of Aalto’s architect’s office’s building projects. Elissa Aalto ran the office in 1976−1994, following her husband’s death.
Women in Architecture: Aino Aalto and Elissa Aalto. 5 Mins Read. With a dynamic and varied career spanning over seventy years, the Aaltos are arguably the most prominent Finnish modernist architects. From interior design, furniture, architecture and even urban scale planning, the Aaltos built over 200 buildings in the twentieth century, both in ...
Elissa was a driving force in preserving the Aalto legacy, arranging the transfer of the office archive to the Alvar Aalto Foundation. In addition to her architectural work, Elissa designed textiles for Artek, the furnishing and textiles company founded in 1935 by Alvar and his first wife, Aino.
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Nov 2, 2022 · Written by Paula Cano. Published on November 02, 2022. Share. To commemorate the centenary of Elissa Aalto (1922-2022), the Alvar Aalto Foundation brought into tour an exhibition showcasing the...
Apr 18, 2023 · Elissa Aalto (née Elsa Mäkiniemi), Alvar Aalto’s second wife, worked in Aalto’s architect’s office in 1949−1994. “The material now being published on Finna includes both built and unbuilt plans. The earliest are practice pieces that Elissa Aalto made as a student and the latest are from her time at Alvar Aalto & Co, Architects.
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