Mount Angel Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located in Saint Benedict, Oregon, United States, northeast of Salem. It was established 144 years ago in 1882 from Engelberg Abbey, in Switzerland. The ab
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an ar
Mount Angel Abbey
…establishing a new library for not only seminarians, but for the use of scholarly research. The library at the abbey was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Though the seminary has historically been the central focus of the abbey, it has also become open to non-seminarians seeking degrees in philosophy and…
Aalto in 1960
Auditorium of the Viipuri Municipal Library in the 1930s