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Villa Mairea: Exterior
1/10 · ExteriorPhoto: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Exterior
2/10 · ExteriorPhoto: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Exterior
3/10 · ExteriorPhoto: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Exterior · This is a photo of a monument in Finland identified by the ID 'Aalto Works' (Q127518238)
4/10 · Exterior · This is a photo of a monument in Finland identified by the ID 'Aalto Works' (Q127518238)Photo: Mikkoau · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Interior · mairea bookshelves
5/10 · Interior · mairea bookshelvesPhoto: Frans Drewniak from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Interior · KICX0978.JPG
6/10 · Interior · KICX0978.JPGPhoto: Frans Drewniak from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Interior
7/10 · InteriorPhoto: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Detail
8/10 · DetailPhoto: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Plan · Site plan
9/10 · Plan · Site planPhoto: Anna 279 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Villa Mairea: Model
10/10 · ModelPhoto: 丘崈 · CC0 · source
Photo 1: ExteriorPhoto 2: ExteriorPhoto 3: ExteriorPhoto 4: Exterior · This is a photo of a monument in Finland identified by the ID 'Aalto Works' (Q127518238)Photo 5: Interior · mairea bookshelvesPhoto 6: Interior · KICX0978.JPGPhoto 7: InteriorPhoto 8: DetailPhoto 9: Plan · Site planPhoto 10: Model

House · Modernism

Villa Mairea

Alvar Aalto · Noormarkku, Finland · 1939

Key featuresModernism softened with timber, a forest of poles and an L-shaped courtyard.

Architect
Alvar Aalto
Place
Noormarkku, Finland
Year
1939
Typology
House
Movement
Modernism
Region
Europe
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