Name: Alvar Aalto Location: Helsinki, Finland After Alvar Aalto’s firm had outgrown the small studio space in his family’s home the Atelier was built in 1955 in a residential neighborhood just a short walk away from Riihitie 20, west of the Helsinki city center. Like his home, the Atelier facade is nearly windowless and quite plain. The majority of windows are on the rear and sides of the building where they can take full advantage of the limited (in winter) Finnish sunlight.
