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Paimio chair — /puy mee oh / a chair developed by Alvar Aalto between 1930 and 1933, having two continuous, ribbonlike elements made of bent laminated birch veneers forming the arms and legs and supporting a sheet of bent plywood that forms the back and seat.… … Useful english dictionary
Paimio Sanatorium — is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in Paimio, Finland Proper, designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Aalto received the commission to design the building after winning an architectural competition for the project held in 1927. The building… … Wikipedia
Alvar Aalto — Infobox Architect caption=Alvar with wife Aino Aalto name= Alvar Aalto nationality= Finnish birth date=February 3, 1898 birth place=Kuortane, Finland death date=Death date and age|1976|5|11|1898|2|3 death place=Helsinki, Finland practice name=… … Wikipedia
Artek (company) — Artek is a Finnish furniture company. It was founded in December, 1935 by architect Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino Aalto, visual arts promoter Maire Gullichsen (Ahlström Gullichsen family) and art historian Nils Gustav Hahl. The main aim of the… … Wikipedia
Portal:Design — Welcome to Wikipedia s portal for Design! (Around 7000 articles so far and more than 1000 images) design, noun /dizajn/ : A number of artistic (applied art) an … Wikipedia
Sanatorium — For the musical group with the same name, see Sanatorium (band). One of the remaining turrets of the Grunwald Sanatorium (now Sokolowsko, Poland). A sanatorium (also spelled sanitorium and sanitarium) is a medical facility for long term illness,… … Wikipedia
Turku — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Turku native name = Turun kaupunki – Åbo stad nickname = motto = imagesize = 320 px image caption = image shield = Turku.vaakuna.svg image dot dot x = 167 dot y = 88 dot map caption = Location of Turku… … Wikipedia
Finland — /fin leuhnd/, n. 1. Finnish, Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 5,109,148; 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Cap.: Helsinki. 2. Gulf of, an arm of the Baltic, S of Finland. * * * Finland Introduction Finland … Universalium
