Aino Marsio-Aalto


General Information


Occupation: Architect, Designer

Date of Birth: January 01, 1894

Date of Death: January 13, 1949

Birth Country: Finland

Resident City: Jyvaskyla

Resident Country: Finland

Sources: Museum of Finnish Architecture. Profiles: Pioneering Women Architects From Finland. Finland: Martinpaino, 1983.


Specialties


Subject: Functionalist Housewares


Subject: Interior design


Jobs


Employer: Office of Alvar Aalto

Title: Architect

City: Jyvaskyla

Country: Finland

Notes: Aino Marsio and Alvar Aalto were married in 1924


Employer: Artek

Title: Partner and managing director

Start Date: January 01, 1935

Notes: http://www.artek.fi/en/index.html


Employer: Office of Oiva Kallio

Title: Architect

Country: Finland


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: Gold Medal, Milan Triennale

Description: for the design of a functionalist glassware collection

Date Received: January 01, 1936


Name: Finnish pavilion at the Paris World Fair, 1st Prize

Description: awarded to the Aalto office

Date Received: January 01, 1936


Name: iittala-Karhula design competition

Date Received: January 01, 1932


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


Title: Karhula-Iittala Glass Service

Description: pressed glass service

Country: delete


Title: Agricultural Co-operative Building in Turku

Description: took part in the planning of the project while in the Aalto office

Country: Finland


Education


Institution: Helsinki University of Technology

Degree: architect's degree

End Date: January 01, 1920


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


No affiliations on record


Publications By


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Publications About


Title: The enigma of Aino Aalto

Author: Aila Kolehmainen

Publication: Form Function Finland

Volume: 2

Page: 50-53

Date Published: January 01, 2004