Alvar Aalto, one of Finland’s greatest architects, made modernist masterpieces with a human touch.

Nestled quietly on a bluff amidst flat farmlands and late-1800s German heritage is the Mount Angel Abbey.

A new Vitra Design Museum exhibit re-examines Finnish designer Alvar Aalto's influences and creations.

More than 80 years after their introduction, Alvar Aalto's stools for Artek retain their currency and remain perennial favorites.

With Alvar Aalto in mind, a renowned Swedish architect crafts a serene home on a long-held family plot.

Looking at back at the varied career of Finnish furniture designer Ilmari Tapiovaara.

Designed in 1933 by Alvar Aalto, the Artek Stool 60 is the definition of functionalist furniture design.

While most Dwell readers know Artek as the Finnish design company founded by Alvar and Aino Aalto, there's another Artek not too...

Sixty years ago it was Mies, Alvar, and Lou. Today it’s Zaha, Rem, and Renzo.

Among the static furniture displays of the 22nd annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair, which opened at New York's...

Boldly declaring “One Chair Is Enough,” Artek, the Finnish company founded in part by legendary architect Alvar Aalto, today...

Since graduating in 2013 with a master's from Aalto University in applied art and design, Hanna Anonen, 29, has worked with...

Aalto, and Rietveld, and Panton—oh my! With the Herzog & de Meuron–designed Schaudepot, the Vitra Design Museum showcases more...

What do architects build when they can be their own clients?

For our June 2011 Beach Houses We Love issue (now on newsstands!), we rounded up seven mini grills.

Perched atop a steep slope overlooking the Hawkesbury River on Dangar Island—just an hour north of Sydney—this tranquil, modern...

Whether it be for utility, storage, a studio, or a guest retreat, a backyard abode provides an opportunity to create architecture...

There are these two brothers with last name Jacobs.

Most people would've run in the opposite direction. It was dark, boarded up, and occupied by squatters.

An interior designer persuades his mother to toss all her old furniture and start fresh.