The Idea of
Building
Thought and action in the
design and production of buildings

The use of materials 材料的運用
The first essential feature is Karelian architecture's
uniformity . . . in which timber dominates . . . in most cases naked, without
the dematerialising effect that a layer of paint gives. A
Karelian village is somehow similar in appearance to a Greek ruin . . .
Alvar
Aalto