• The Aalto Vase, also known as the Savoy Vase, is a piece of glassware created by Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino that has become an internationally known...
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    Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (pronounced [ˈhuːɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto]; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes...
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    seen in the early designs of Aino Aalto glasses designed by Aino Aalto in 1932; Alvar Aalto’s Savoy Vase (Aalto Vase) from 1936; Oiva Toikka’s Birds by...
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    are formed of raw concrete (béton brut) in the form of Alvar Aalto's famous Aalto Vase. Centrally located in the house is the open stairway that connects...
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  • University, Finnish university, named after Alvar Aalto Aalto Vase, glassware designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American...
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    Owings & Merrill. The building’s curved glass design is based on Alvar Aalto’s Aalto Vase of Finnish design created in 1936. The interiors are designed by AD100...
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    arrested after Sachs allowed visitors to take live ammunition from an Alvar Aalto vase. Around the same time, Sachs' SONY Outsider (1998) opened at SITE Santa...
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    collaborated with her husband on the design of the celebrated Savoy Vase in 1936. Aalto worked in the Artek office until 1949, when she died of cancer. Aino...
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    in 1871, now forms part of Aalto University. Prominent Finnish designers include Alvar Aalto (vases, furniture), Aino Aalto (glassware), Kaj Franck (glass...
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    Villa Mairea (category Alvar Aalto buildings)
    wave-like form was already established as a leitmotiv of Aalto's work: it was familiar from the vases designed for the 'Savoy Restaurant' in Helsinki. It also...
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    shape. It is part of Helsinki's period as design capital of the world. Aalto Vase History of the restaurant A. Ahlström AB main office at the City Museum...
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    Petersburg. In the 1930s, the factory produced Alvar Aalto's designer glassware including Aalto vases. After the sale of beer became freer in the 1960s,...
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    porcelain factory was located in Toukola (Helsinki). It later housed the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Ulla Procopé, Esteri...
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    Kyllikki Salmenhaara (category Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture alumni)
    School of Industrial Arts (Taideteollisuuskeskuskoulu, now part of the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture), graduating in 1943...
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    Tapio Wirkkala (category Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture alumni)
    success as a glass designer began in 1946 when he designed the Kantarelli vase for Iittala, and the mass-produced Tapio collection was launched in 1954...
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    Helena Tynell (category Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture alumni)
    School of Industrial Design (Taideteollisuuskeskuskoulu), now part of the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, graduating in 1943....
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    Timo Sarpaneva (category Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture alumni)
    production, Finlandia for a "bark glass" vase series and Suomi ("Finland") for a tableware design. He designed glass vases and silver dinnerware for the presidential...
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    Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. Aalto is also famous for his work in furniture (e.g. the Paimio chair [fi]) and glassware (e.g. Savoy vase). Much of the folk music...
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  • 2yo Rashabar June Queen Mary Stakes Ascot 5f 2yo f Leovanni June Queen's Vase Ascot 1m 6f 34y 3yo Illinois June Duke of Cambridge Stakes Ascot 1m 4yo+...
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    Mallet-Stevens, and the pavilion of Finland, with wood-covered walls, by Alvar Aalto. Le Corbusier had a small pavilion of his own, made of canvas, at the edge...
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    the ship as a prank by students of Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University) the night before the final lift. Vasa sank because she had very...
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    Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Center (category Alvar Aalto buildings)
    Designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto for professor Edgar Kaufmann Jr., it is one of four remaining designs by Aalto in the United States. The conference...
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  • "Google pro české Street View nafotil 50 měst a mraky památek – ITBIZ – Vaše jednička mezi nulami". Itbiz.cz. June 20, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012. "Google...
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  • Elisabeth Ōispuu Dajana Smirnova Annamarii Tamm Ranele Valk Eydna Dalheim Bella Aalto Veera Jääskä Lotta Paavilainen Anike Wusu Messina Fouda Ahmadou Kentissia...
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    represent Belgian Art Deco silverware. The modernism of Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Mies van der Rhoe and Lilly Reich (Knoll collection), Christa...
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    was 39 at the time, and very taken with the Nordic activities of Alvar Aalto and Gunnar Asplund. The figure who really drove the project forward was...
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    Alvar Aalto, renowned as an architect, also designed a significant number of household items, such as chairs, stools, lamps, a tea-cart, and vases. Raymond...
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    Corinthian and Roman pottery, Persian miniatures, Islamic and Chinese vases and dishes, etc. It also includes pieces from modern artists such as the...
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    Brighton Pavilion; architectural drawings; John Lennon's Rolls-Royce; Alvar Aalto's architectural works, and hundreds of objects on loan from various other...
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  • with the Bronze Age cultures of Cyprus, Crete and Mycenae it also includes vases that come from Corinth and Athens, the islands in the Aegean, East Greece...
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