(Johannes Romppanen, Risto Musta/© Paimio Sanatorium Foundation) Tuberculosis patients at Paimio were not to be envied, but they did get to sleep outside in fur-lined sleeping bags on a rooftop ...

Paimio Sanatorium Aalto’s tuberculosis facility opened in southwestern Finland in 1933. It later served as a hospital and is now partially used as a children’s rehabilitation center.

Some of these palliative care facilities also served as architectural experiment grounds, like the Aaltos–designed Paimio Sanatorium, which commanded worldwide attention with its machine-like ...

On a tour of southern Finland, seeing the enduring masterworks of architect Alvar Aalto. When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined ...

The chair, with a seat-back shell made from a single curved piece of wood, was part of the design for the Paimio Tuberculosis Sanatorium (1929-33). Save this picture!