Alvar Aalto's unpretentious houses hold many lessons in our perilous economic times.

Alvar Aalto's unpretentious houses hold many lessons in our perilous economic times.

Alvar Aalto's unpretentious houses hold many lessons in our perilous economic times.

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Architecture
What we build.
April 27 2011 11:12 AM

A Low-Key High Modernist

The unpretentious houses of Alvar Aalto.

Slide Show: The Unpretentious Houses of Alvar Aalto

Click here to read a slide show about Alvar Aalto's architecture.

Witold Rybczynski is an architect, professor, and writer. From 2004–2010, he was Slate’s architecture critic. Visit his website and follow him on Twitter.