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The Aalto house
RussellM/RussellM/The Aalto house is located in Finland
RussellM/RussellM/The Aalto house
General information
AddressRiihite 20, 00330 Helsinki
Town or cityHelsinki
CountryFinland
Coordinates60°11′50″N 24°52′35″E / 60.197244°N 24.876351°E / 60.197244; 24.876351
Completed1936
Design and construction
Architect(s)Alvar Aalto

The Aalto house in Munkkiniemi Helsinki is a family home and an office designed by the architect Alvar Aalto for his own use, completed in August 1936.

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In 1934, Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino Aalto acquired a site in almost completely untouched surroundings at Riihitie in Helsinki's Munkkiniemi where they designed and built their own house.[1]


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Aalto House