List of Alvar Aalto's works explained

Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) was a Finnish architect, and one of the key figures of modernist architecture during the twentieth century. In addition to architecture, his oeuvre includes furniture, textiles and glassware. A full annotated encyclopedia of his entire works was compiled by his biographer Göran Schildt, Alvar Aalto, A Life's work: Architecture, Design and Art (1994).

Works

Buildings

Year! scope="col"

Name	Location	Notes
1917	Park café		Exercise while at Institute of Technology
1918	House		For his parents
1918–1919	Church and belfry		Two separate plans were created with the first being the belfry alone and the second the entire church. The second was not utilized.
1919	Shop renovation	Alajärvi	Since demolished
1919	Hoisko shop renovation	Alajärvi	Not carried out
1919	Soldiers' Memorial		Alajärvi was the only chosen design.
1919	Youth Association Building		Was damaged by fire in the 1970s, but has since been restored.^[1]
1919	Municipal granary		Training assignment while at the Institute of Technology.
1920	Grand Hotel Adalmina	Helsinki	Another exercise for school
1920	Soldiers' Memorial		No drawings survive
1920?	Town hall	Jyväskylä	Training assignment while at the Institute of Technology
1920?	Town hall		Competition piece with no surviving drawings
1920's	Sick ward for retirement home	Jyväskylä	Sketches
1920's	Sauna		Built for Terho Manner (mother's cousin).
1920–1921	Vicarage		Drawings are lost
1920–1923	Elementary school		Renovation
1921		Helsinki	Never completed
1921	Theater	Helsinki	Kansan Näyttämö Theater
1921–1922	Association of Patriots Building
1922	Industrial Exposition
1922–1923	2-family house
1923	Church		Restoration
1923	Finnish Parliament House and restaurant	Helsinki	Competition project
1923	Gate and fence of the garrison		Plans lost^[2]
1923		Helsinki	Anonymous entry presumed to be Aalto's.
1923–1924	Library wing	Helsinki	Part of the Parliament House plan
1923–1924	Apartment building
1923–1924?	Gravestones		Sketches of 20+ tombs and some with pen. Unknown if any were used.
1923–1925	Trade Union Houses and Theater		Has been restored
1924	Bandstand	Seinäjoki	Separate building behind the Defence Corps Building
1924	Petrol station	Jyväskylä
1924	Song Festival	Jyväskylä	Archways, fountains, and a concert stand in Lounaispuisto Park
1924	Church		Remodel of the church and furniture for the parish cafeteria.
1924	Church		Renovation
1924	Simunamkoski Fishery		Never completed
1924–1928	Municipal Hospital		Original plan overhauled by building office chief.
1924–1929
1925	Seurahuone Café	Jyväskylä	Conversion of portion of the Defence Corps building into Café
1925	Café	Jyväskylä	Renovation of cafè into three shops
1925	Church	Pertunmaa	Same church as above; however these plans called for an entirely new church to be built.
1925?	Church	Unknown location	located in the drawings for the Defence Corps Building.
1925	Church		Competition project^[3]
1925	Church		Remodel
1925	Public restroom	Jyväskylä	Lounaipuisto Park
1925	Church		Restoration
1925	Retirement home	Säynäätsalo	Two separate sketches
1925–1927		Jyväskylä	Unbidden before the contest in 1927, Aalto submitted this plan .
1925–1930	Funeral chapel		Two separate plans.
1926			Aino Aalto
1926	2 kiosks	Jyväskylä	Demolished since
1926	Rauhanyhdistys (Peace Society Building)	Jyväskylä
1926	Vicarage		Four different entries in the competition
1926	Jyväskylä Savings Bank	Jyväskylä	Several proposals
1926	Power plant		Never completed
1926	Casa Väinö Aalto
1926	Church		Remodel
1926	Union Bank	Helsinki	Competition piece
1926	Town plan		Plans no longer in existence
1926–1927	Town plan^[4]		Sammallahti industrial estate
1926–1927	League of Nations (Palais des Nations)		Sketches for a competition only
1926–1927			Majority of Aalto's work was not completed
1926–1928	Church and Bell-Tower		Restoration of church and construction of bell tower
1927?	Health spa		Competition piece that only some early sketches are all that survived.
1927	Service station and newsstand	Jyväskylä	No longer in existence
1927	Renovation of retirement home	Pihlajavesi?	Unfinished pencil sketches only
1927	Church		Plans did not survive.
1927	Meat inspection building	Jyväskylä
1927	Kinkomaa Sanatorium		Competition entry
1927	Office block		Competition project with Erik Bryggman
1927	Church		Competition project
1927	Vicarage		Competition project
1927	Church		Competition project
1927	Vicarage		Competition project
1927		Jyväskylä	Competition project
1927	Parish center	Jyväskylä	Competition
1927	Kangas Paper Mill office	Jyväskylä	Renovations only
1927–1928	Southwestern Agricultural Cooperative Building		Competition winner which also contained a theater, hotel, bank, shops, offices, and flats.
1927–1929	Church
1927–1929	Block of apartments	Turku
1927–1935	Municipal Library		Competition piece
1928	Summer houses		Aitta magazine competition
1928	Independence monument	Tähtitorninmäki Hill, Helsinki	Competition piece
1928	Two separate service station	Jyväskylä	Both have since been replaced
1928			Competition piece
1928	Suomen Biografi Cinema	Aurakatu, Turku	Never built
1928	Church		Restoration with Erik Bryggman
1929	Exposition Building		Seventh centenary, with Erik Bryggman.
1929	Choir platform	Turku	A portion of the 700 year celebration plan
1929	Columbus Memorial Lighthouse		Competition project
1929	Church		Competition project
1929	Parish center	Vallila, Helsinki	Competition project
1929		Helsinki	Summary sketches only
1929	Tuberculosis Sanatorium		Competition piece.
1929	Office Building
1929	Parish center	Tehtanpuisto Parish Center, Helsinki	Competition piece
1929–1930	G.A. Serlachius building	Mänttä	Competition piece
1929–1933			Competition piece
Early 1930s	Telephone booth	Jyväskylä	Never built
1930	Institute for Physical Education		Competition project
1930	Parish center
1930	Tehtanpuisto Church	Helsinki	Competition project commemorating Mikael Agricola
1930	Technical museum		Part of the G.A. Serlachius headquarters
1930	Water tower	Turku	Competition piece
1930	Stadium and sports center	Helsinki	Competition project for the placement of the stadium.
c. 1930	Furniture building	Turku	Annex to Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy company's building
1930			Competition piece
1930–1931	Toppila Pulp Mill
1931	Offices at Toppila Pulp Mill	Oulu	3 separate plans for new buildings and the chosen plan, which was for renovations
1931	Tomb		Professor Usko Nystro
1931	Central University Hospital		Competition piece
1931		Helsinki	Competition for enlargement.
1931–1932	Crichton-Vulcan shipyard	Turku	Unknown assignment
1932			Residence of Estonian geographer August Tammekann.
1932	Defence Corps Building		Never built
1932	Prefabricated one-family house		Competition project
1932	Prototype weekend cabin design		Competition project for Enso-Gutzeit
1932	Sauna	Paimio	For the Tuberculosis Sanatorium's chief physician^[5]
1932	Tehtanpuisto Church		Second competition for the church.^[6]
1932–1933	Employee housing		for the Sanatorium
1933	Redevelopment plan		Competition project
1933		Töölö, Helsinki	Competition project
1933	Helsinki Stadium	Helsinki	Competition for the first round, where he did not win but was invited to try in the final round.
1933	Helsinki Stadium	Helsinki	Competition for the final round.
1933	Parish café
1933	Railroad station	Helsinki	Competition project
1934	Graveyard	Malmi, Helsinki	Competition piece
1934	Stenius housing development	Munkkiniemi, Helsinki	Competition piece
1934	Project for the Railroad Station		Competition piece
1934	National Exhibition Hall	Helsinki	Competition project
1934	Main post office	Helsinki	Competition piece
1934	Corso Theater, Restaurant
1935	Alppiharju open-air theater	Lenininpuisto (Lenin Park), Helsinki	Probably completed
1935	Tomb		Architect Ahto Virtanen
1935	Kalastajatorppa Restaurant	Helsinki	M.G. Stenius
1935	Alphyddan Restaurant renovation	Helsinki	Later destroyed in fire
1935	Finnish Legation Building	Moscow, Russia	Competition piece
1935–1936	Central warehouse and factory	Kyläsaari, Helsinki	Competition piece for the state alcohol company
1935–1936	House		Aalto's House at Munkkiniemi
1936	Workmen's Houses		For the Sunila Factory
1936	Association and Club houses		Toppila Company
1936	Traffic system		Patent office refused to give patent
1936–1937	Bus station	Sunila	Since replaced
1936–1937	The Savoy Restaurant		Renovation and furnishing
1936–1937	City Plan		Collaboration
1936–1939	Cellulose Factory		Ahlstrom Company
1936–1953	Master plan		Plan for the entire industrial community
1937	Garage for workshop	Inkeroinen	Tampella
1937	Project for Museum of Art		Competition piece
1937	Beach facilities		Never built
1937	Beach café	Mariehamm	Part of the beach facilities
1937	Sauna		For the works manager along with a boathouse that was not built.
1937	Sauna	Kotka	For the engineers
1937	Pirtti Cultural Center	Kotka	Renovation for Sunila
1937	Nordic United Bank
1937	Finnish Pavilion at Expo		Competition piece
1937	Sauna complex		Main complex of the Ahlström Company
1937–1938	Sauna	Kotka	Main sauna complex
1937–1938	Director's house	Kotka
1937–1945	Master plan		Town plan also ^[7]
1937–1950	Master plan		Requested by Tampella industrial group.
1938	Sauna	Kotka	For the housing area of the heating plant.
1938	Defence Corps Building	Jalasjärvi, Härmä	Never completed
1938	Master plan		Ahlström corporation
1938	Forestry pavilion for the Agricultural Fair
1938	Heating plant	Sunila, Kotka	Second phase of the heating plants along with a public sauna
1938	Blomberg Film Studio		Competition project
1938	Tampella office building	Inkeroinen
1938	Storehouse	Inkeroinen	Pasila Manor
1938	University of Helsinki library extension	Helsinki	Competition project
1938–1939	Dwellings
1938–1939			Gullichsen House
1938–1939	Ahlström works
1938–1939	Anjala Paper Mill
1938–1939	Elementary school	Inkeroinen
1938–1939	Workmen apartments and engineer housing	Inkeroinen
1938–1940	Terrace housing
1938–1941	3-story terrace housing	Kotka
1939	Sauna		Anders Kramer's retreat.
1939			Competition piece
1939–1945	Employee Housing
Undated plans	Södra verken plant	Avesta	Collaborated with Albin Stark
1940	Project for an Experimental House
1940	Sauna		For the youth summer camp. Unknown if ever built.
1940–1941	Pumping station	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1941	Sauna and laundry	Inkeroinen	Tampella company.
1941	Sauna and laundry		Part of the War Veteran's Village
1941	Standard house factory	Varkaus	Commissioned by Ahlström, but unknown if ever completed as plans have been lost
1941	Head office for Ahlstöm		Project was dropped due to the war
1941	Outline plan
1941	Project for a District		Competition piece
1941	Plan for an experimental town		Project worked on with MIT students
1942	Garage	Kauttua	Ahlström
1942	Kindergarten		Renovation per Ahlström
1942	Sawmill	Inkeroinen	Tampella
1942	Warehouse extension	Varkaus	Plans have been lost
1942–1943	Regional Plan for the Valley		For the Ahlström company
1942–1943	Women's dormitory	Kauttua
1942–1943	Paper cloth mill	Kauttua	Ahlström
1942–1943	Bleaching plant	Varkaus	Ahlström
1942–1943	Restaurant and service buildings	Helsinki	Commissioned by Strömberg
1942–1945	Master plan
1942–1945?	Workshop and storehouse	Varkaus	Built for Ahlström
1942–1949	Community Plan
1942–1951	Shopping Center and Public Baths		Created from the entrance to an underground bomb shelter.
1943?	Area plan		Commissioned by the Ahlström company
1943?	Sauna	Pihlava, Pori	Commissioned by Ahlström.
1943	Sawmill	Inkeroinen	Tampella
1943	Glassworks renovations	Karhula	Ahlström
1943		Oulu	Competition project, awarded to Bertel Strömmer
1943?	Office building	Kauttua	Missing plans and unknown if ever completed
1943	Invalids' home		Hired by Ahlström company. Drawings lost and unknown if ever completed.
1943	Glassworks warehouse	Karhula	Ahlström
1943–1944	Distillery, pumping station, tanks	Varkaus	Ahström
1943–1945?	Canal bridge	Oulu	Part of the River Rapids Center
1943–1945	River Rapids Center		Collaborated with Yrjö Lindegren and Viljo Revell
1943–1947	Master plan		commissioned by Strömberg
1943–1949	Gatehouse and office building	Helsinki	Strömberg
1944	Master plan		Competition piece (in collaboration with Albin Stark)
1944	Bus station master plan	Sweden	Collaborated with Albin Stark
1944	Town center	Avesta	Albin Stark collaboration
1944	Storehouse	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1944	Theater and concert hall	Avesta	A piece of the preceding town plan
1944	Temporary housing	Kauttua	Ahlström
1944	Town hall	Avesta	A piece of the preceding town plan
1944	Villa Tvistbo		Unbuilt project
1944	Kindergarten		Commissioned by Ahlström
1944	Open-air theater and Avesta Hall auditorium	Avesta	Part of the Johnson Institute plan
1944	Museum	Avesta	Part of the Johnson Institute plan^[8]
Mid 1940s	Sauna	Inkeroinen	Commissioned by Tampella corporation for the works manager, built with revised plans.
1944–1946	Sauna		Commissioned by Ahlström
1944–1946	Area plan	Neula area, Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki	No plans survive
1944–1947	Apartments		For the Strömberg
Mid 1940s	Soldiers' Tomb		Little details known.
1945	Tomb		Architect Uno Ulberg
1945	Master plan		Plan for Yhteissisu industrial and housing complex
1945	Master plan	Iittala community	Iittala company
1945	Metal workshop	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1945	Bridge and street lamps	Säynätsalo	Part of the master plan
1945	Workshop	Jyväskylä	Commissioned by Kymin Uittoyhdistys
1945	Master plan		Preserved only in sketches.
1945	Town hall		Part of the overall town plan
1945	Factory buildings	Hedemora, Sweden	Collaborated with Albin Stark and I. Norman
1945–1946	Hospital		For the Ahlström Company
1945–1946	Cardboard mill expansion	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1945–1947	Living Quarters and Factory		Expansion of the Ahlström Factory
1945–1948	Warehouse, packing plant and expansion	Huutoniemi, Vaasa	Strömberg
1945–1949	Storage Warehouse Project		Glass factory
1945–1949	Sawmill and Director Residence		Ahlström Company
1945-late 1950s	Town plan		Commissioned by the Valvet company.
1946	Sauna		At Villa Mairea
1946	Board shed	Huutoniemi, Vaasa	Strömberg
1946	Transformer	Huutoniemi, Vaasa	Strömberg
1946	Two-story office wing	Inkeroinen	Anjala Paper Factory
1946	Plant expansion	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1946	Conveyor and entrance hall	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1946	Debarking plant	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1946	Foundry	Varkaus
1946	Sauna		Along with a boathouse.
1946	Exhibition Pavilion		Artek Company
1946	Town plan	Nynäshamn, Sweden	Collaborated with Albin Stark
1946	Heimdal housing development	Nynäshamn, Sweden	Competition project with Albin Stark
1946	House
1946–1947	Area plan	Ruotsinpyhtää area	Commissioned by Ahlström
1946–1948	Reconstruction Plan		Competition piece, with Yrjö Lindegren, Saarnio, Tavio, and Simberg
1947	Johnson Institute		Project
1947	Work shed	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1947	Church	Brooklyn, New York	Plans did not survive.
1947	Sauna and laundry		Strömberg
1947	Oil warehouse	Helsinki	Strömberg
1947	Bus station	Inkeroinen	Tampella
1947	Bus station with ticket booth	Karhunkangas, Inkeroinen	Tampella
1947	Transformer	Huutoniemi, Vaasa	Strömberg
1947	Weighing station	Huutoniemi, Vaasa	Strömberg
1947	Bicycle shelter	Huutoniemi, Vaasa	Strömberg
1947	Entrance canopy and tank	Huutoniemi, Vaasa	Strömberg
1947	Drying plant	Inkeroinen	Later converted into staff facilities
1947–1949			MIT
1947–1948	Fire station and garage	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1947–1948	Workshop expansion	Karhula	Collaborated with Gunnar Aspelin for Ahlström
1948	First Project for the Old Age Pension Building	Helsinki
1948	Sibelius Concert Hall	Helsinki	Part of the "First Project for the Old Age Pension Building"
1948	Garage	Helsinki	for US Embassy
1948	Grave		Sketches specifying how to redo his mother's and aunt's grave. (Sally and Wilhelmina Aalto)
1948	Sauna Annex	Inkeroinen	Commissioned by Tampella.
1948–1949	Glassworks warehouse	Karhula	Ahlström
1949	Finnish Technical High School
1949		Helsinki	Competition project
1949	Bus station	Imatra	Part of the Town center
1949	Passenger terminal	Helsinki	Competition
1949
1949	Regional Plan		Never built
1949	Town Hall and Administration Center		Never built
1949	Cultural Center	Imatra	Never built
1949	Theater	Imatra	Part of the Imatra Cultural Center
1949	Library	Imatra	Part of the Imatra Cultural Center
1949	City Plan
1949–1950	Tampella housing
1949–1952	Municipal Buildings and Library		Competition piece
1949–1952	Clubhouse		Engineering Society at STS
1950	Church and parish center		Competition project
1950	Transport stand	Säynätsalo	Never built
1950	Area plan		An extension for the Helsinki University
1950	Kivelä Hospital	Helsinki	Competition project
1950	Sauna	Otaniemi, Espoo	For the indoor stadium
1950	Burial Grounds		Winner of Competition
1950	Project for a Theater and Cultural Center		Never built
1950	Groundwood mill expansion	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1950	Theater	Säynätsalo	Part of the "Project for a Theater and Cultural Center"
1950	Indoor Stadium	Otaniemi, Espoo	Used in the 1952 Olympics
1950–1951	Meesapoltino		Addition to the Sunila Factory
1950–1951	Sauna	Inkeroinen	Commissioned by Tampella
1950–1951	Stadium and Tennis Courts		Finnish Technical High School
1950–1951	Paper mill	Chandraghona, Bangladesh^[9]	Aalto only drew small portions of the overall plans.
1950–1952	Project for Shopping Center		Island
1950–1952	Pulp mill	Inkeroinen	Tampella
1950–1953	Factory expansion	Oulu	Typpi^[10]
1950–1955	Regional plan
1951	Library wing	Säynätsalo	Part of the Town Hall plan
1951	Pumping station	Inkeroinen	Anjala
1951	Entrance Pavilion (Erottaja)
1951	Sauna	Helsinki	For the Enso-Gutzeit Country Club
1951	Sauna	Otaniemi, Espoo	For the university principal
1951	Storehouse		Anjala Paper Factory
1951	Warehouse	Inkeroinen	Tampella
1951	Regional theater		Competition project
1951	Workers' housing
1951	Toukola Youth Club	Kotka	At present it is a kindergarten
1951	House
1951	Sauna	Oulu	For the Tyypi Oy engineers
1951	Kotka Paper Factory		Enso-Gutzeit
1951		Copenhagen	Competition piece
1951	Cemetery and funeral chapel		Competition piece (2nd place)
1951	Auditorium	University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä	Also used as a concert hall
1951–1952	Sauna		For the managers of the Typpi Oy Plant
1951–1952	Sauna and heating plant	Oulu	For the main housing of the Tyypi Oy complex
1951–1952	Kuopio Theater		Won the competition
1951–1953	Heating plant	Jyväskylä	University of Jyväskylä
1951–1953	Cellulose Factory		Enso-Gutzeit plant
1951–1953?	Pumping station	Summa	Enso-Gutzeit
1951–1953	Sports field	University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä	Improved on several occasion
1951–1953	Gymnasium	University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä	For the Teacher Training School
1951–1954	Paper mill
1951–1954	Cellulose Factory		Second stage of construction
1951–1954	Three-story apartment house	Sunila	Third group
1951–1957	Area plan		Typpitehdas Factory inc. houses for workers and engineers
1951–1970	University of Jyväskylä	Jyväskylä	Overall plans for the entire grounds
1951–1991	Gymnasium	University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä	Main gymnasium.
1952	Library wing	Helsinki	Part of the National Pensions Institute Building
1952	Debarking plan	Inkeroinen	Tampella
1952	Country club		for Enso-Gutzeit
1952	Association of Finnish Engineers building	Helsinki
1952	Sports and congress hall: Vogelweidplatz		Competition piece
1952–1953	Workshop of fine mechanics	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1952–1953	Power plant expansion	Inkeroinen	Anjala Paper Factory
1952–1953	Laboratory of mechanical wood technology	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1952–1954	Sawmill, storehouse, work-hut	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1952–1954	House		Aalto House
1952–1954	Master plan		Aalto was fired in 1954.
1952–1954	Employee Housing	Munkkiniemi, Helsinki	National Pension Institute
1952–1954	Sports hall
1952–1955	Library	University of Jyväskylä	Part of his master plan
1952–1956	Theater	Helsinki	Part of the House of Culture complex
1952–1957	Office Building and Auditorium
1952–1957	Church		Vuoksenniska
1952–1957	Church
1953	Paper technology lab	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1953	Acoustics lab	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1953	Lab complex^[11]	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1953	Pumping station	Otaniemi	Technical Research Center
1953	Imatra center design project
1953–1954	Sauna	Muuratsalo	For Aalto's home
1953–1954	Debarking plant and chipping plant	Inkeroinen	Anjala Paper Factory
1953–1955	Office Building and Rautatalo Stores		Competition piece
1953–1956	Second Project for the Old Age Pension Building	Helsinki
1953–1957			Competition piece
1953–1967		Otaniemi, Espoo	Main building
1954	Studio R.S.
1954	Personal motoboat		Named Nemo Propheta in Patria
1954	Turbine building		Enso-Gutzeit
1954	Lab buildings		Competition for the Agricultural Institute
1954	Grave		Harry Gullichsen
1954	Aero housing	Helsinki
1954–1956	Plant expansion	Oulu	Typpi^[12]
1954–1962	Mining laboratory^[13]	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1955	Urban design project	Summa	Commissioned by Enso-Gutzeit
1955	Technical College		Project
1955	Theater and Concert Hall	Oulu	Project
1955	Experimental house	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1955	Concrete technology lab	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1955	Studio house		Aalto's house
1955	National Bank of Iraq headquarters		Competition project
1955–1956	Gyllenberg Gallery	Helsinki	Never completed
1955–1956	Warehouse and offices	Karhula	Ahlström
1955–1957	Houses		In the Hansaviertel
1955–1957	City hall	Gothenburg, Sweden	Competition project
1955–1958			In 1989 it was declared a National Historic Monument.
1955–1958	Parish facilities
1955–1960	Lab for oil and peat technology	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1955–1960	Library	Gothenburg, Sweden	Part of the Municipal offices
1955–1961	Lab for heat technology	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center
1955–1964	Master plan	Otaniemi, Espoo	Helsinki University of Technology
1955–1966	Department of Architecture	Otaniemi, Espoo	Helsinki University of Technology
1956		New York	Worked with Wallace K. Harrison
1956	Pumping station	Otaniemi	Technical Research Center
1956	Wood shed	Otaniemi	Technical Research Center
1956	Drottningtorget, main railway station		Competition project
1956	Finnish Pavilion		At the Biennale
1956	Port facility		Project
1956	Central square		Sketched out only with no follow-up
1956	Director's house	Typpi Oy, Oulu
1956–1957	Kainula Adult Education Institute
1956–1958	Operating room		Paimio Sanatorium
1956–1958	Maison Louis Carré
1956–1960	Heating plant	Rovaniemi	For the Korkalovaara housing
1957	University master plan
1957	Sauna and garage	Oulu	For the Tyypi Oy engineers
1957	Kampementsbacken housing development		Competition project
1957	Sauna		For Ilmari Luostarinen.
1957	Town hall	Marl, Germany	Competition project
1957	Debarking plant	Karhula	Ahlström
1957	Town plan		Collaborated with Jorma Järvi, with Aalto's portion not chosen.
1957–1958	Café, kiosk, traffic junction		For the Pamilo power plant
1957–1959	Church of the Three Crosses
1957–1961	Sundh center
1958	Art museum	Baghdad	Never completed
1958	Garage	Summa	Enso-Gutzeit
1958	Library wing	Baghdad	Part of the Museum plan
1958	Shop buildings and heating plant	Summa	Enso-Gutzeit
1958	Church		Competition piece
1958	Sizing plant	Karhula	Ahlström
1958	Post and Telegraph Office		Never completed
1958	Parish facilities		Competition for ideas
1958	High rise apartments
1958	Town hall		Competition piece
1958	Korkalovaara housing community
1958	Open-air theater	Aalborg	Part of the Kunstmuseum (the Art Museum) complex
1958–1959	Munkkiniemi Youth Center	Helsinki	Never built
1958–1960	Cross of the Plains Church, parish facilities, and vicarage
1958–1963	Plant expansion	Oulu	Typpi^[14]
1958–1964	Opera house	Essen, Germany	Winner of competition
1958–1972
1959	Bjornholm housing development	Helsinki
1959	Town plan
1959	Finnish War Memorial
1959–1960	Lieksakoski power plant		Enso-Gutzeit
1959–1960	Garage	Summa	Enso-Gutzeit
1959–1962
1959–1962		Helsinki
1959–1962	Stephanuskirche
1959–1964	City center project	Helsinki	Only a portion of the plan was built.
1959–1974		Seinäjoki	Original plans: 1959–1965 with 1973–1974 being an annex.
1959–1981	Bus station and traffic arrangements	Helsinki
1960	Grave		Erik Bryggman
1960	Cinema and stages	Leverkusen, Germany	Part of his cultural center plan
1960	Library	Leverkusen, Germany	Part of his cultural center plan
1960–1961	Shopping Center
1960–1961	Area plan		Plans have been lost. Commissioned by the Enso-Gutzeit Company.
1960–1962	Power plant		Enso-Gutzeit
1960–1963	Thermo-technical Laboratory	Otaniemi, Espoo	Helsinki University of Technology
1960–1963		Wolfsburg, Germany
1960–1964	Main building remodel	Otaniemi, Espoo	Helsinki University of Technology
1960–1965		Helsinki	Remodel
1961	Central square	Wolfsburg, Germany	Competition piece
1961	Administrative and cultural center
1961–1962	Housing for nurses		Paimio Sanatorium
1961–1962	Offices and apartments
1961–1969	Museum rooms	Rovaniemi	Part of the Library
1961–1985		Rovaniemi	Part of the administrative and cultural center
1962
1962	Apartments
1962	Fennia and Teollisuusvakuutus Buildings	Helsinki	Competition
1962	Bus station		For the Sanatorium
1962	Traffic arrangements	Katajanokka, Helsinki	Plan to link Katajanokka Peninsula to the mainland
1962			Competition project
1962	Cultural center		Competition project
1962	Terrace housing
1962	Stockmann department store expansion	Helsinki	Project
1962–1963	Housing development
1962–1963	Heating plant	Otaniemi, Espoo	Helsinki University of Technology
1962–1964	Scandinavia Bank Administration building	Helsinki
1962–1966	Student hostel
1963	Urban center	Rovaniemi
1963	Swimming hall extension
1963	Student union building	Jyväskylä	1974: plans for enlargement (not done) 1979–1981: Renovation
1963	Master plan for the town of Otaniemi	Otaniemi
1963	Urban center		Never completed
1963–1965		Seinäjoki	Part of the community center
1963–1965	Student Association House		Västmanland-Dala
1963–1965	Library wing	Uppsala	Part of the Västmanland-Dala Student Association House
1963–1965	Heilig-Geist-Gemeinde Kindergarten	Wolfsburg, Germany	Project
1963–1966	Parish center	Seinäjoki
1963–1967	Shell Oil service station	Otaniemi	Two plans with the first designed 1963–1964 and the second in 1967
1963–1968	Workshop and office building	Otaniemi	Technical Research Center
1963–1973	Lab for mechanical wood technology	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center^[15]
1963–1978	Lab for fire-fighting technology	Otaniemi, Espoo	Part of the Technical Research Center^[16]
Mid 1960s	Plant enlargement	Oulu	Typpi Oy^[17]
1964	BP Administration building		Competition project
1964	Wood Technical Laboratories	Otaniemi, Espoo	Helsinki University of Technology
1964	Sabbagh Center		Collaboration with Alfred Roth
1964	Pohjola Insurance building	Helsinki	competition piece
1964	Paimio Sanatorium extension
1964–1965	One-family house
1964–1965			Institute of International Education
1964–1966	Master plan
1964–1966	Urban design project
1964–1967	Institute	Beatenberg, Berner Oberland, Switzerland	For the International Designers' and Architects' Foundation
1964–1967	Ekenäs Savings Bank		Completed
1964–1969	Library	Otaniemi	Helsinki University of Technology
1964–1982	Theatre, concert hall, and congress center	Jyväskylä	Part of the cultural center.^[18]
1965	Urban center	Castrop-Rauxel, Germany	Competition project
1965	Theater	Castrop-Rauxel	Part of the urban center plan
1965	Town hall	Castrop-Rauxel	Part of the urban center plan
1965	Family grave		Aalto (Father, brother, sister-in-law, stepmother, and aunt)
1965–1968	Scandinavian House
1965–1968		Rovaniemi
1965–1968	Parish center	Detmerode, Wolfsburg, Germany
1965–1968	Schönbühl high-rise apartments
1965–1972	Administrative and cultural center	Jyväskylä
1965–1974	Sauna		part of Villa Oksala
1965–1982			Work continued by his office after his death.
1966	Church	Seinäjoki
1966	Experimental town plan		Project
1966	Suburb plan		Project
1966	Concert hall	Siena, Italy	Project
1966	Theater	Wolfsburg, Germany	Competition project
1966	Prototype for the administration building and warehouses	Turin, Italy	Project for the Ferrero SpA
1966–1967	Health center	Alajärvi
1966–1967	William Lehtinen Museum	Helsinki	Never completed
1966–1969		Helsinki
1966–1969	Town hall
1966–1970	Parish center	Alajärvi
1966–1971	Cultural Center (theater)		Never completed
1966–1971	Library	Kokkola	Part of the cultural center
1966–1976	Church of Santa Maria Assunta – Riola parish center	Riola di Vergato (near Bologna), Italy
1967	House of Finnish Architecture	Helsinki	Part of the Helsinki Center project
1967	Protestant parish center	Altstetten, Zürich, Switzerland	Competition project
1967			Added to existing Community Center
1967–1968	Parking garage	Otaniemi	Helsinki University of Technology
1967–1969	State office buildings	Seinäjoki	Part of the community center
1967–1970	Library		Mount Angel Abbey
1967–1970	Police headquarters	Jyväskylä
1967–1971	Institute of Physical Education	University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä
1967–1973	City Electric Company administration building	Helsinki	Part of Aalto's Center plan for Helsinki
1968	Library	University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä	Plan was rejected
1968–1971	Water tower		Helsinki University of Technology
1969	Kranichstein shopping precinct, cultural center, and residential center		Sketches only
1969	Sauna		Villa Kokkonen
1969–1970	Villa		Göran Schildt
1969–1975	Main building extension	Otaniemi	Helsinki Technical University
1970	Sauna		Villa Skeppet
1970
1970	Museum of Modern Art		Project
1970	Police headquarters
1970–1975		Rovaniemi	Building contains among other things music school facilities and theatre with three auditoria.
1971			Part of the master plan for central redevelopment
1971–1973	Master plan for central redevelopment	Helsinki
1971–1973	Sports field service building	Otaniemi	Technical Research Center
1972	Master plan for central redevelopment	Helsinki	Second stage
1973			Original name was Taidemuseo
1973	Halonen Art Museum		Never built
1973	Open-air theater	Lapinlahti	Part of the Halonen Art Museum
1973–1974	Enso-Gutzeit headquarters	Helsinki	Two alternative proposals for the extension of the building. Never built.
1973–1975	Swimming pool	Jyväskylä
1974	Midwest Institute of Scandinavian Culture including Open-air auditorium and Scandinavian Library		Never built.
1974			Wing of Congress added
1974–1982	Health spa	Reykjavík	Aalto's office continued to work on it after his death. Never built.
1975	Town hall	Jyväskylä	Part of the administrative and cultural center
1975–1976	Master plan of the University of Iceland	Reykjavík, Iceland	After his death his office continued to work on it into the 1980s.
1975–1976	Urban Center including Mosque Auditorium, Museum, Planetarium, and Aquarium		Never completed

Notes

Writing and documented speeches

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Title	Translation	Publication	Location
1921		Benvenuto's Christmas Punch	Kerberos	Helsinki
1921	Nyyperin Aku	Aku Neberg		Helsinki
1921		A Fireside Story	Kerberos	Helsinki
1921		Painters and Masons
December 1921		Our Old and New Churches		Helsinki
1922		Motifs from Past Ages
1924		The Hilltop Town
December 1924		Urban Culture		Jyväskylä
1925		Finnish Church Art
January 1925	Eräs kaupunkimme kaunistustoimenpide ja sen mahdollisuudet	A beautifying measure undertaken in our town, and its chances of success		Jyväskylä
March 1925		Abbé Coignard's Sermon		Jyväskylä
June 1925		Architecture in the Landscape of Central Finland.		Jyväskylä
1926		From Doorstep to Living Room
January 1928		The Latest Trends in Architecture		Turku
November 1927		An Independence Monument in Helsinki-The Olympic Stadium		Turku
October 1928		Modern Architecture and Interior Design of the Home		Turku
October 1928		The Rational Cinema		Denmark
1929		Armas Lindgren and We (Obituary)	Arkkitehti
1930		The Stockholm Exhibition 1930
1930		The Housing Problem		Italy
May 1930		The Stockholm Exhibition 1930		Turku
1931	Ein Brief von Finnland	A Letter from Finland		Germany
1932	Hyvä asunto	A Good Home
1932	Bostadsfrågans geografi	Geography of the Housing Question
1934		Instead of an Interview
May 1935	Rationalismen och människan	Rationalism and Man		Sweden
1938		Influence of Structure and Material on Contemporary Architecture		Oslo
1939	Maailmannäyttelyt	New York World's Fair/Golden Gate Exposition	Arkkitehti
1939		The Human Side as a Political Option for the Western World	The Human Side
1939		Mairea	Arkkitehti
May 1939		The Home of a Rich Collector		Yale
October 1939		Finland and Scandinavia		Gothenburg, Stockholm
1940	An Experimental Town
1940			Arkkitehti
July 1940	Post-War Reconstruction
November 1940	The Humanizing of Architecture
December 1940
1941	La Ricostruzione del-l'Europa	The Reconstruction of Europe	Lecture
March 1941		Research for Reconstruction		England
April 1941		The Reconstruction of Europe is the Key Problem for the Architecture of our Time	Arkkitehti
November 1941		Karelian Architecture
1942		Architecture and Standards
November 1942		Lecture		Stockholm
1943		The Oulu River Rapids Center	Arkkitehti
March 1943
1945		The Intellectual Background of American Architecture	Arkkitehti
November/December 1945	Rovaniemi Restored
1946		Building Height as a Social Issue	Arkkitehti
February 1946	Fine Della "Machine à Habiter"	End of the "Living Machine"
1947	Kulttuuri ja tekniikka	Culture and Technology		Finland
February 1947		Constructive Art. Svenska Ab Artek Exhibits Furniture and Paintings
October–December 1947	Architettura e arte concreta	Architecture and concrete art	Domus, Arkkitehti
1949		Finland as a Model for World Development
1950's		My Frank Lloyd Wright
1950
June 1950		Finland Wonderland		London
1953		The Decline of Public Architecture	Arkkitehti
1953		Experimental House at Muuratsalo	Arkkitehti
September 1953	Decadence of Public Buildings
1954		A Few Lines from Alvar Aalto
1954		The Constructive Form Exhibition in Stockholm
1954		Speech		São Paulo
Feb/March 1954		Journey to Italy		Italy
October 1955	Taide ja Tekniikka	Art and Technology
November 1955	Zwischen Humanismus und Materialismus	Between Humanism and Materialism
1956	Problems of Architecture as I Understand Them in My Buildings		Lecture	Italy
1956		Wood as a Building Material
August 1956		Form as a Symbol of Articstic Creativity		Oulu
1957		Arkkitehti
1957		The Enemies of Good Architecture		London
1957		The Architect's Dream of Paradise		Malmö
November 1957	Schöner Wohnen	More Beautiful Housing		Munich
1958		In Lieu of an Article	Arkkitehti
1958		What is Culture?		Jyväskylä Lyceum
1959
1960's		The Special Character of Nordic Design
January 1962		The International Status of Finnish Art
1963		Aims as SAFA Chairman
October 1963		Speech		Mexico City
1965			Arkkitehti
April 1966		Town Planning and Public Buildings
1967		National-International	Arkkitehti
1968			Arkkitehti
1970	Die Beziehungen zwischen Architektur, Malerei, und Skulptur	Alvar Aalto, Synopsis
1970's	The White Table^[19]
July 1972		Interview for Finnish Television
December 1972		Speech		Helsinki

References

• Encyclopedia: Brown . Theodore M. . Alto, Hugo Alvar Henrik . McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art . Bernard S. . Myers . McGraw-Hill Book Company . New York, NY . I: AA-Ceylon . 1969 . 68-26314 .
• Book: Gutheim, Frederick . George Braziller, Inc. . New York, NY . 1960 . Alvar Aalto . registration . The Masters of World Architectural Series . 978-0807602263 .
• Encyclopedia: Hoiberg . Dale H. . Encyclopædia Britannica . Aalto, (Hugo) Alvar (Henrik) . 15th . 2010 . Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. . I: A-Ak -Bayes . Chicago, Illinois . 978-1-59339-837-8 . registration .
• Book: Jencks, Charles . Modern Movements in Architecture . registration . Garden City, NY . Anchor Press . 1973 . 978-0385025546 .
• Encyclopedia: Labò . Mario . Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik . Encyclopedia of World Art . McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc. . New York, NY . 59-13433 . 1968 . 1959 . Robert W. . Crandall . I: Aalto-Asia Minor, Western .
• Book: Pallasmaa, Juhani . Alvar Aalto: Villa Mairea 1938–39 . 1998 . Ram Pubns & Dist . 2nd . 978-9525371314 .
• Book: Schildt . Göran . Aalto . Alvar . Schildt . Göran . Alvar Aalto in His Own Words . Rizzoli . New York, NY . 1998 . 0-8478-2080-7 .
• Book: Schildt, Göran . Alvar Aalto, A life's work: Architecture, Design and Art . Otava Pub. Co . Helsinki, Finland . 1994 . 978-9511129752 .
• Book: Weston, Richard . Alvar Aalto . Phaidon Press Limited . London, UK . 1995 . 0-7148-3159-X .

Notes and References

1. Has changed named from the Youth Association Building to the Defence Corps Building, to the present Club Building.
2. Gate still standing.
3. Did not win the competition.
4. Never completed
5. The building has since been destroyed.
6. Aalto never finished the work beyond preliminary sketches.
7. Major portions of the plan were never built.
8. There were in actuality three different projects relating to museums with the Johnson Institute: The Bergslagen Mining Museum, the Seafaring Museum, and a group of ships' figureheads, all of which were not finished.
9. This was originally in Pakistan.
10. This expansion included a spraying tower, filtration and pumping station, rock crusher, warehouse, nitric acid plant, air purification plant, control room, synthesis plant, labs, gas escape tower, regenerator, desulphuration plant, power station, grinding and drying plant, gasification plant, rail loading platform, workshop, garage, ash incinerator, ammonia filling station, acid flasks, cisterns, recuperator, and a weighing station.
11. Contained labs for construction technology, construction economy, and bridge technology, along with an auditorium and some smaller labs.
12. This phase included compound fertilizer plant, and expansions of the rock crusher, warehouses, bagging plant, nitric acid portions, air purification plant, control room, synthesis plant, desulphuration plant, power station, filling station, gasification plant, and workshops. It added new phosphate warehouse, offices, service building, and a gatehouse.
13. This contained in addition to the mining lab, also a crushing plant, machinery workshops, offices, conference room, and an auditorium.
14. This expansion repaired damage from an earlier fire to the rock crusher and pumping station, it also expanded the bagging plant, nitric acid plant, calcium nitrate plant, saltpeter plant, air purification plant, synthesis plant, and a workshop. It also added new buildings such as an oil refinery, a warehouse, a paint shop, gas purifier, warehouse tower, service building, oil tank, compressor hall, and a carbon monoxide converter.
15. Original building was from 1963–1966 with the Annex design occurring from 1969–1973. The annex was never built.
16. Original building was from 1963–1965 with an annex being added from 1973–1978.
17. This expansion included expansions of bagging plant, an office building, lab building. It also included a new test factory, new gatehouse, and a new refuse incinerator.
18. Originally designed with the cultural center in 1964–1966. Aalto reworked the plans after the police headquarters went in. Then in 1972, the plans were reworked again, in response to the town hall. Aalto reworked them one more time before he died, which led to Elissa Aalto redoing them between 1977–1982, before the building was constructed.
19. Introduction to never completed book.