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architecture A Low-Key High Modernist The unpretentious houses of Alvar Aalto. By Witold Rybczynski Posted Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 11:12 AM ET Click about Alvar Aalto's architecture. To continue reading, click here. Witold Rybczynski is Slate's architecture critic. His latest book is Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities. Visit his Web site. Follow him on Twitter. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Why Obama's Effort To Make Government More Transparent Is Failing Badly How Wikipedia's Macaca Entry Smears George Allen Hey, Pregnant Ladies: Stop Popping Folic-Acid Pills Like Candy	Advertisement
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