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WHAT HAVE THE Romans EVER DONE FOR US?(News)
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Byline: By DUNCAN HIGGITT AND MARIO BASINI Western Mail
A new multi-million series called Rome hits our TV screens this autumn, the latest collaboration between the BBC and HBO. Here, Mario Basini explains why the Romans still have such an impact on our civilisation, while Duncan Higgitt wishes programme makers would concentrate on more recent history INVASIONS have had a bad press. The arrival of the Angles and Saxons in Britain around 400 AD triggered the Dark Ages and led to the tensions that still mark relations between Wales and England. The coming of the ...
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Birthday celebrations. (activities to commemorate Finnish architect Alvar Aalto)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; ...rendering was Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's ironically caustic title for...Minister opened an exhibition, Alvar Aalto in Seven Buildings, in the Helsinki...Museum of Finnish Architecture, the Alvar Aalto Museum, the Alvar Aalto Foundation...
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A seductive designer ; (1)Alvar Aalto, the Finnish architect who made the British fall for restrained Scandinavian design, is celebrated at the Barbican(2)HOMES PROPERTY
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; ALVAR Aalto, the designer who taught us to love open...the closing years of the 19th century, Alvar Aalto trained as an architect and set up his...EXCLUSIVE READER OFFER: WIN A CLASSIC ALVAR AALTO SAVOY VASE BARBICAN Art Gallery has got...
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Design: For Alvar Aalto, a cool centenary celebration
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...internationally acclaimed architect Alvar Aalto (1898 -1973) to grace the Finnish...Prize 1998 has been launched by the Alvar Aalto Museum in association with Riba...Enquiries to Hanni Sippo, The Alvar Aalto Museum, PO Box 461, 40101 Jyvaskyla...
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MAKING WAVES ; Famous for his curvy designs, Alvar Aalto created environmentally friendly architecture that was way ahead of its time
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is often called...snappy dresser, attractive to women, Aalto cut a handsome figure into late...habit of morning gymnastics. Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was born in Kuortane, Finland...
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Architecture special: Space travel: on the trail of Alvar Aalto The inspiring designs of Finland's greatest architect are proving a major attraction in Helsinki and beyond. Andrew Spooner offers a visitor's guide
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...great 20th-century architect and designer Alvar Aalto, for whom Jyvaskyla was home. Good design...But the first port of call should be the Alvar Aalto Museum, (00 358 14 624 809), at Alvar Aallon katu 7, which is open 11am-6pm...
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Architecture as humanism.(Alvar Aalto, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Art in America
; ...argument that the honor belonged to Alvar Aalto of Finland, not least because of...belief that the expressive elements Aalto added to classical modernism amounted...the title of the exhibition -- Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism...
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Aalto on a high note: how to build in concert with humanity and nature is the theme of the Museum of Modern Art's uplifting centennial tribute to Alvar Aalto, Finland's master architect.
Magazine article from: House Beautiful
; ...uplifting centennial tribute to Alvar Aalto, Finland's master architect...declared, "This man is a genius." Alvar Aalto, the architect of that ephemeral...the centenary of his birth. "Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism...
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Design: The house that Aalto built Alvar Aalto's buildings are famous the world over. But, says Fiona Rattray, for a glimpse of the great Finnish architect's talent you need look no furthar than his own house. Photographs by Marianna Wahlsten
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Antikainen, points out the first Alvar Aalto building. A few streets later...work) as they were designed to. Aalto built things to last. And, perhaps...fi. For details of how to visit Alvar Aalto's house in Helsinki and other...
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Alvar Aalto in America
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Review
; ...established the Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), as being among...architects of his day. The pavilion was Aalto's first building in the United...der Rohe and Le Corbusier. In 1939 Aalto and his wife and professional partner...
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Herman Miller, Inc. Announces Alliance With Artek; Herman Miller for the Home Adds Alvar Aalto Popular Designed Furniture to its Collection.
PR Newswire
; ...designer and architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), is recognized...manufacture and market Aalto furniture, including the designs of Alvar's wife, Aino. The...molded birch, an approach Alvar Aalto originated in the 1920s...
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