Describing Alvar Aalto as “a Finnish furniture designer” is a weird disservice in a piece that discusses modernist design (Modernist love: stylish 1930s living in the Isokon building, 19 March). Aalto is generally viewed as one of the great international architects of the 20th century, alongside the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Yes, he designed beautiful furniture, but his masterpieces, such as the Finlandia concert hall in Helsinki, are the legacy of a much greater talent than that of merely “a Finnish furniture designer”.
Andrew Dailey
Pantymwyn, Flintshire
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