Aalto Works materials

The Alvar Aalto Foundation has compiled a dedicated materials bank related to the nomination of Aalto Works for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. A decision on the inscription of the serial property, comprising 13 buildings designed by Alvar Aalto, is expected from UNESCO in July 2026.

The materials bank is intended to support cooperation with partners and includes materials for use in marketing and communications related to the sites.

Enquiries: press@alvaraalto.fi

Close-up photo of drawing papers at the Studio Aalto.

Studio Aalto (1954-55, 1962-63). Photo: Maija Holma © Alvar Aalto Foundation.

Aalto Works (PDF)

Related press releases:

24.3.2026 Alvar Aalto Museum summer exhibition tells stories about architecture
23.1.2025: Aalto Works nomination to be submitted to UNESCO World Heritage Committee
27.1.2023 Alvar Aalto Foundation’s first materials on Finna are about Alvar Aalto and world heritage
1.2.2021 Alvar Aalto architecture proposed for Unesco World Heritage List
3.10.2019: ”Humanistic Modernism” Seminar will bring together experts from Finland and around the world
27.5.2019: Alvar Aalto´s architecture on Unesco’s List of World Heritage Sites?

Related links:

International Cultural Heritage Conventions (Finnish Heritage Agency website)

World Heritage (UNESCO website)

Photographs and Architectural Drawings

Press-ready versions of archival photographs and architectural drawings are available upon request.
Image enquiries: press@alvaraalto.fi

Images may be used and published solely in communication and marketing related to the Aalto Works series and its designated sites.

All published images must be credited with the name of the photographer and the copyright holder, the Alvar Aalto Foundation.

Sunila Pulp Mill Residential Area (1936–38, 1947, 1951–54)

 

Paimio Sanatorium (1929–33)

Säynätsalo Town Hall (1949–52)

 

Seinäjoki Civic Centre, Seinäjoki (1951–87)

National Pensions Institute KELA (1953–57)

Finlandia Hall (1962/1967–75)

Aalto House (1935–36)

 

Studio Aalto (1954–55, 1962–63)

Muuratsalo Experimental House (1952–54)

House of Culture (1952–58)

University of Jyväskylä, Aalto Campus (1951–71)

 

Church of Three Crosses (1956–58)

Villa Mairea (1938–39)

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