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The design of the Mount Angel Library highlights the use of natural light. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland This Aälto designed tea cart inside the Mount Angel Library is in its original condition. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The Mount Angel Library was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aälto. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The Mount Angel Library was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aälto and features a large collection of the architect’s furniture designs, including these book shelves. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland Inside the Mount Angel Abbey Library are featured several examples of furniture designed by Alvar Aalto. It includes these chairs, upholstered in zebra fabric designed by Aalto’s first wife, Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto, who was also an architect and whose work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The front of the Mount Angel Library, which was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aälto, belies the library’s overall scale. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The Mount Angel Library was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aälto and features a large collection of the architect’s furniture designs, including this table. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The Mount Angel Library was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aälto. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The chairs inside the auditorium at Mount Angel Library. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland Uniquely designed details, including these door handles, abound inside the Mount Angel Library, which was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aälto. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The Mount Angel Library was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aälto. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The design of the Mount Angel Library highlights the use of natural light. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The auditorium inside the Mount Angel Library. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The auditorium inside the Mount Angel Library. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The Mount Angel Library was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aälto. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland The design of the Mount Angel Library highlights the use of natural light. April 29, 2022 Beth Nakamura/Staff Portland

The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, now recognized as one of the most important architects of the 20th century, completed some 300 buildings over a career that spanned more than 50 years. Only two are in the United States. One of them is in rural Oregon.