The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable … - Alvar Aalto

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Alvar Aalto

The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But steel and chromium surfaces are not satisfactory from the human point of view.

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The ultimate goal of the architect. . . is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture. . . should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.

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Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.

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