Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth. Alvar Aalto More Quotes by Alvar Aalto More Quotes From Alvar Aalto Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time than other creative work. Alvar Aalto creative ideas needs It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure. Alvar Aalto architecture tasks giving I do not write, I build. Alvar Aalto writing We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city. Alvar Aalto architecture problem cities Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. Alvar Aalto our-time knows people We should work for simple, good, undecorated things Alvar Aalto simple should 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. Alvar Aalto steel light views Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we design new staircase steps every day in connection with all our houses, but a standardized step depends on the height of the buildings and on all kinds of things. Alvar Aalto every-day step day design Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey. Alvar Aalto begins buildings every journey
