But we got Jean Sibelius1865 - 1957)



As a young man.
Sibelius wrote seven symphonies, an additional eighth apparently completed but destroyed

http://www.chesternovello.com/images...ge/img1478.jpg

http://www.helsinki.fi/kasv/nokol/sibelius.html

and Alvar Aalto



Architect, designer whatever you need...
born 3.2.1898 Kuortane, died 11.5.1976 Helsinki

"Yes, of course you can and must fly, but it should be with one foot on the ground - or at least a big toe."
Alvar Aalto


Aalto's Most Important International Works
*=partly or fully realised

League of Nations building, Geneva, Switzerland, competition entry, 1926-27
Central University Hospital, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1930
* Villa Tammekan, Tartu, Estonia, 1932
* Municipal library, Vyborg (now in Russia), 1933-35
Finnish Embassy, Moscow, competition entry, 1935
Art museum, Tallinn, Estonia, competition entry, 1936
* Finnish pavilion, Paris World Fair (demolished), 1936-37
* Finnish pavilion, New York World Fair (demolished), 1938-39
Town centre, Avesta, Sweden, competition entry, 1944
* Artek exhibition pavilion, Hedemora, Sweden (demolished), 1945
Heimdal housing area, Nynäshamn, Sweden, competition entry, 1946
Johnson Group research institute, Avesta, Sweden, 1947
* Student dormitory, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1947-48
Graveyard and chapel, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, competition entry, 1951
Vogelweidplatz, sports centre and concert hall, Vienna, Austria, competition entry, 1953
* Block of flats, Hansaviertel, Berlin, Germany, 1955-57
Town hall, Gothenburg, Sweden, competition entry, 1955-57
* Finnish Biennale pavilion, Venice, Italy, 1956
Drottningtorget square, Gothenburg, Sweden, competition entry, 1956
* Villa Louis Carre, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France, 1956-58
Town hall, Marl, Germany, competition entry, 1957
* Sundh Center, Avesta, Sweden, 1957-61
Kampementsbacken housing area, Stockholm, Sweden, competition entry,1957
Town hall, Kiruna, Sweden, competition entry, 1958
Art museum, Baghdad, Iraq, competition entry, 1958
* Neue Vahr block of flats, Bremen, Germany, 1958-62
* Cultural centre, Wolfsburg, Germany, 1958-63
* Art museum, Aalborg, Denmark, 1958, 1968-72
* Theatre (Alvar Aalto Theatre), Essen, Germany, 1959, 1983-88
* Church and parish centre, Wolfsburg, Germany,1959-62
Enskilda Bank, Stockholm, Sweden, competition entry, 1962
Cultural centre, Leverkusen, Germany, competition entry, 1962
* Institute of International Education, interior, New York, USA, 1963-65
* Västmanland-Dala student union building, Uppsala, Sweden, 1963-65
British Petroleum offices, Hamburg, Germany, competition entry, 1964
Town centre, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, competition entry, 1965
* Scandinavian House, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1965-68
* Detmerode Church and parish centre, Wolfsburg, Germany, 1965-68
* Schönbühl highrise block of flats, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1965-68
* Mount Angel Benedictine College library,Oregon, USA. 1965-70
Cultural centre, Siena, Italy, 1966
* Church and parish centre, Riola di Vergato, Italy, 1966/75-78, 1993-94
Parish centre, Zürich-Altstetten, Switzerland, competition entry, 1967
Art museum, Shiraz, Iran, 1970

http://www.cs.jyu.fi/~jatahu/aalto/aalto.html

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National distinctiveness is ultimately of no significance in this matter, because he who is great dares to be universal, but his own persona will show through in his work. (1929)
Alvar Aalto

Quality is very, very difficult to socialise so that the general public can have access to and enjoy it. I doubt if we have any better chance of that than Christ, when he mixed water with red wine at the wedding feast of Cana. (1950)
Alvar Aalto

I do not write, I build. The Creator made paper for drawing on. Everything else, at least to me, is an abuse. (1958)
Alvar Aalto

Sibelius said: If you utter three words to explain music, at least two of them are wrong. The same applies to my philosophy of architecture. (1959)
Alvar Aalto

http://www.publiscan.fi/cu08e-8.htm

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By the way, I happen to have something quite interesting close to me:



Laginkoski (Lagin Rapids) Imperial Fishing Lodge. Czar Alexander III, Emporer of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, had visited the Langin Rapids area at Kotka, because he had heard about the good salmon fishing in the rapids. The Finnish architects Magnus Schjerfbeck, Sebastian Gripenberg and Jac. Ahrenberg designed a simple villa for Emperor Alexander and his Danish born empress Dagmar (Maria Feodorovna).

http://www.wathenadesigns.com/Finlan...in/langin.html

http://koti.mbnet.fi/enska/langinkoski.htm

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Good stuff Count Martin--"F" and Kai--love the scenery of the wooden bridge. Kinda reminds me of The Bridges of Madison County--tho Ive never seen it.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

You are right, Kai! Although Sibelius is far from being my favourite...

Martin! How can you DARE to compare the father of music and its geniouses with Keith Richards?!!!

Bah! He's a Brit! What do they know about music? They have not produced any worth composer... (Maybe Britten, Purcell and Lennon... but they're just three...) [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun

Well--if any of you guys wanna know what the scenery looks like around here where I live--well, it aint nothing like what is pictured in this thread. Allready its hot, humid and grass will be brown in several more weeks.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Well, Carl. One can always travel a bit... And I suposse you live happily in old Texas with all your big hats and militaria, don't you?

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun

Me? I don't have any big hats--just several hats.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Well! You got my point, didn't you? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun