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The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way to forms behind which real human values lie.

Alvar Aalto

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Alvar Aalto
Age: 78 †
Born: 1898
Born: February 3
Died: 1976
Died: May 11
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Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
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