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===Significant buildings=== [[File:KUNSTEN Aalborg 2006.jpg|thumb|[[KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg]], Denmark (1958–72)]] [[File:Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Vergato, 1980) - BEIC 6353784.jpg|thumb|Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Riola of [[Vergato]], Italy, designed in 1966 and built 1975–1978. Photo by [[Paolo Monti]], 1980.]] [[File:Aalto table and chairs1.JPG|thumbnail|Table and chairs designed by Alvar Aalto]] [[File:Aalto Teewagen.jpg|thumb|Tea cart (tea trolley)]] [[File:Alvar Alto - Tank Chair (Armchair 400).jpg|thumb|Armchair 400 with [[reindeer]] fur]] {{main list |List of Alvar Aalto's works}} * 1921–1923: Bell tower of Kauhajärvi Church, [[Lapua]], Finland<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Alvar Aalto Architect {{!}} Biography, Buildings, Projects and Facts|url=https://www.famous-architects.org/alvar-aalto/|access-date=22 October 2020|website=Famous Architects|language=en-US}}</ref> * 1924–1926: [[Seinäjoki Civil Guard House]], Seinäjoki, Finland * 1924–1928: Municipal hospital, [[Alajärvi]], Finland * 1926–1929: [[Jyväskylä Defence Corps Building|Defence Corps Building]], Jyväskylä, Finland * 1927–1928: South-West Finland Agricultural Cooperative building, [[Turku]], Finland * 1927–1935: [[Viipuri Library|Municipal library]], [[Viipuri]], Finland ([[Winter War|now]] Vyborg, Russia)<ref>{{harvnb|Kairamo|2009|pp=34–35}}</ref> * 1928–1929, 1930: ''[[Turun Sanomat]]'' newspaper offices, Turku, Finland<ref>{{harvnb|Weston|1997|pp=47–48}}</ref> * 1928–1933: [[Paimio Sanatorium]], Tuberculosis sanatorium and staff housing, [[Paimio]], Finland<ref>{{harvnb|Hipeli|2014|p=9}}</ref> * 1931: Toppila paper mill in [[Oulu]], Finland * 1931: Central University Hospital, [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]] (former [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]) * 1932: [[Villa Tammekann]], [[Tartu]], Estonia<ref>{{Cite web|title=Villa Tammekann · Finnish Architecture Navigator|url=https://finnisharchitecture.fi/villa-tammekann/|access-date=22 October 2020|website=finnisharchitecture.fi|language=en-US}}</ref> * 1934: Corso theatre, restaurant interior, [[Zürich]], Switzerland * 1936–1939: [[Ahlstrom]] Sunila Pulp Mill, Housing, and Town Plan, [[Kotka]], Finland<ref>{{harvnb|Korvenmaa|2004}}</ref> * 1937–1939: [[Villa Mairea]], [[Noormarkku]], Finland<ref>{{harvnb|Pallasmaa|1998}}</ref> * 1939: Finnish Pavilion, at the [[1939 New York World's Fair]] * 1945: Sawmill at [[Varkaus]], Finland * 1947–1948: [[List of MIT undergraduate dormitories#Baker House|Baker House]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.<ref name="Anderson 2012"/> * 1949–1966: [[Helsinki University of Technology]], Espoo, Finland * 1949–1952: [[Säynätsalo Town Hall]], Säynätsalo (now part of [[Jyväskylä]]), Finland; 1949 competition, built 1952 * 1950–1957: [[Kansaneläkelaitos|National Pension Institution]] office building, [[Helsinki]], Finland * 1951–1971: [[University of Jyväskylä]] various buildings and facilities on the university campus, Jyväskylä, Finland * 1952–1958: [[The House of Culture (Helsinki)|House of Culture]], Helsinki, Finland<ref>{{harvnb|Holma|2015}}</ref> * 1953: [[Alvar Aalto Museum#The Muuratsalo Experimental House|The Experimental House]], Muuratsalo, Finland * 1953–1955: [[Rautatalo]] office building, Helsinki, Finland * 1956–1958: Home<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/356209/ad-classics-maison-louis-carre-alvar-aalto|title=AD Classics: Maison Louis Carré / Alvar Aalto|date=6 April 2013|website=ArchDaily}}</ref> for [[Louis Carré (art dealer)|Louis Carré]], [[Bazoches]], France<ref>{{harvnb|Laaksonen|2008}}</ref> * 1956–1958: [[Church of the Three Crosses]], Vuoksenniska, [[Imatra]], Finland<ref>{{harvnb|Paatero|1993|pp=65–74}}</ref> * 1957–1967: [[Aalto Centre, Seinäjoki|city center]] ([[Seinäjoki Library|library]], [[Seinäjoki City Theatre|theatre]], [[Seinäjoki City Hall|City Hall]], [[Lakeuden Risti Church]] and central administrative buildings), [[Seinäjoki]], Finland * 1958: Post and telegraph office, [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]<ref>{{harvnb|Eisenbrand|2014|pp=361–382}}</ref> * 1958–1972: [[KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg]], [[Aalborg]], Denmark<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Building|url=https://kunsten.dk/en/content/the-building-7386|access-date=22 October 2020|website=kunsten.dk|language=en}}</ref> * 1959–1962: Community Centre, [[Wolfsburg]], Germany<ref>{{harvnb|Eisenbrand|2014|pp=339–359}}</ref> * 1959–1962: [[Church of the Holy Spirit, Wolfsburg|Church of the Holy Ghost]] (Heilig-Geist-Gemeindezentrum), [[Wolfsburg]], Germany<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alvar Aalto's legacy lives strong in Wolfsburg, Germany {{!}} Design Stories|url=https://www.finnishdesignshop.com/design-stories/architecture/alvar-aalto-buildings-in-wolfsburg-germany|access-date=22 October 2020|website=Finnish Design Shop COM|date=31 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1959–1962: [[Stora Enso headquarters|Enso-Gutzeit headquarters]], Helsinki, Finland<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alvar Aalto|url=http://www.architecture-history.org/architects/architects/aalto/time/1950.html|access-date=22 October 2020|website=www.architecture-history.org}}</ref> * 1961–1975: [[Lappia Hall]] performing arts and conference venue, [[Rovaniemi]], Finland; part of the city's 'Aalto Centre' * 1962: [[Aalto-Hochhaus]], [[Bremen]], Germany * 1964–1965: [[Kaufmann Conference Center]] at the [[Institute of International Education]], New York City, U.S.<ref name="Anderson 2012"/> * 1965: [[Rovaniemi library]], [[Rovaniemi]], Finland * 1962–1971: [[Finlandia Hall]], Helsinki, Finland<ref>{{harvnb|Paatero|1993|pp=105–112}}</ref> * 1963–1968: [[Stephanuskirche (Wolfsburg)|Church of St Stephen]] (Stephanus Kirche), Detmerode, Wolfsburg, Germany * 1963–1965: Building for [[Västmanlands-Dala Nation, Uppsala|Västmanland-Dala nation]], [[Uppsala]], Sweden * 1967–1970: Library at the [[Mount Angel Abbey]], St. Benedict, Salem, [[Oregon]], U.S.<ref name="Anderson 2012"/> * 1965–1968: [[Nordic House (Iceland)|Nordic House]], [[Reykjavík]], Iceland * 1966: [[Church of the Assumption of Mary, Riola di Vergato|Church of the Assumption of Mary]], Riola di [[Vergato]], Italy (built 1975–1978) * 1973: [[Alvar Aalto Museum]], a.k.a. Taidemuseo, [[Jyväskylä]], Finland * 1970–1973: [[Sähkötalo]], Helsinki, Finland * 1978 (completed): [[Ristinkirkko, Lahti]], Finland * 1959–1988: [[Aalto Theatre|Essen opera house]], [[Essen]], Germany<ref name=":0" /> * 1986: [[Rovaniemi city hall]], [[Rovaniemi]], Finland
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