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Oct 28, 2010 · A collage of materials amongst the trunks of countless birch trees in the Finnish landscape, the Villa Mairea built by Alvar Aalto in 1939 is a significant dwelling that marks a transition...
The most significant of the homes designed for friends is Villa Mairea (1938-1939). It was built for Harry and Maire Gullichsen, the director of the company A. Ahlström and his wife, in the Noormarkku ironworks area.
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Aalto’s design for the Villa Mairea is characterized by his signature use of organic forms, natural materials, and innovative engineering solutions. The building is considered one of Aalto’s masterpieces and is widely recognized as one of Finland’s finest examples of modernist architecture. Today, the Villa Mairea continues to inspire architects an...
The building was constructed between 1938 and 1939 for The Gullichsens, a wealthy couple that was member of the Ahlström family. They told Aalto that he should regard it as ‘an experimental house.’ Aalto treated the houseas an opportunity to bring together all the themes he had been working on until that point but had not included in actual buildin...
Alvar Aalto (1898 -1976) was a Finnish architect, city planner, and furniture designer whose international reputation rests on a distinctive blend of modernist refinement, indigenous materials, and personal expression in form and detail. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles, glassware, sculptures, and paintings. He never regarded him...
Learn about the design and history of Villa Mairea, a rural retreat commissioned by Harry and Maire Gullichsen in Noormarkku, Finland. See the floor plan, photos, and biography of Alvar Aalto, one of the most influential architects of the 20th century.
Villa Mairea is a villa, guest-house, and rural retreat designed and built by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in Noormarkku, Finland. The building was constructed in 1938–1939.
Villa Mairea is a 1939 residence designed by the Finnish couple Aino and Alvar Aalto for their patrons Maire and Harry Gullichsen. The plan features a modified L-shaped floor plan, circular steel columns, cantilevered balconies, and a serpentine wall that connects the house to the nature.
Flexible formal structure underlies the inclusive character of the Villa Mairea, which was built for Maire and Harry Gullichsen and their children on the hillside of their family estate in Noormarkku (Fig.1). At least eight co-spatial structures organise the project whole.
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Designed for one of Artek’s founders, Maire Gullichsen, and her family, Villa Mairea departed from the clean, crisp aesthetic so strongly associated with the modernist house. Here, Alvar Aalto introduced organic forms and natural materials, drawing on traditional Finnish and Japanese design.
