The great Finnish architect Alvar Aalto made warm, wonderful buildings that were inspired by the spirit of his homeland. So why do the results have such universal appeal? Guardian
^agreed! .. and that's an interesting combination, Aalto+Ban...
maybe Aalto being "fond of the bottle" and a "philanderer" would be extra-elements to humanize the cold german Modern machine-aesthetics?... like Wright's melodramatic life
though Mies was not exactly the opposite, at least in his younger -G Magazine- days
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article1373009.ece
because the man was a genius
^agreed! .. and that's an interesting combination, Aalto+Ban...
maybe Aalto being "fond of the bottle" and a "philanderer" would be extra-elements to humanize the cold german Modern machine-aesthetics?... like Wright's melodramatic life
though Mies was not exactly the opposite, at least in his younger -G Magazine- days
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