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ALVAR AALTO

Viipuri, Russia | 1934

The Library is full of original Aalto furniture designs and many other custom details. They share an humanistic approach to design.

The grid of circular skylights in the main hall were actually intended to provide light speciďŹ cally suited for reading. Aalto diagramed light reecting from the wall to under readers hands and faces.

Kayla Cohen and Jaewoo Lee

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