{"id":10350,"date":"2023-08-18T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=10350"},"modified":"2025-02-14T21:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T02:59:13","slug":"alvar-aalto-in-community-the-architecture-of-civic-space-and-private-domains-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/18\/alvar-aalto-in-community-the-architecture-of-civic-space-and-private-domains-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvar Aalto at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

International style architecture and Bauhaus design strongly influenced late Finnish architect Alvar Aalto\u2019s influential bent plywood furniture, sourced from his country\u2019s birch and pine forests.\u00a0 His famous \u2018Paimio chair,\u2019 designed for a tuberculosis hospital in Paimio, Finland, and now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> in the fascinating group exhibition, \u201cCommunity:<\/a> The Architecture of Civic Space and Private Domains,\u201d was angled to allow patients to better breathe and cough.\u00a0 Material choices along with color and other considerations were essential elements in Aalto\u2019s and his wife Aino\u2019s designs, aimed at meeting the needs of individuals.\u00a0 (Ongoing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side).<\/p>\n

Alvar Aalto, \u2018Model No. 41\u2019 Lounge Chair for the Paimio Sanatorium, laminated birch, 1931-32.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International style architecture and Bauhaus design strongly influenced late Finnish architect Alvar Aalto\u2019s influential bent plywood furniture, sourced from his country\u2019s birch and pine forests.\u00a0 His famous \u2018Paimio chair,\u2019 designed for a tuberculosis hospital in Paimio, Finland, and now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the fascinating group exhibition, \u201cCommunity: The Architecture … <\/p>\n

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